Famous Sayings and Their Authors: A Collection of Historical Sayings in English, French, German, Greek, Italian, and Latin |
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... edition , mis . quotes the line in Brooke's play as " Who rules o'er freemen should himself be free . " See Les bons rois & c . Whoever is right , the persecutor must be wrong . WILLIAM PENN ( 1644-1718 ) — Maxim , with regard to ...
... edition , mis . quotes the line in Brooke's play as " Who rules o'er freemen should himself be free . " See Les bons rois & c . Whoever is right , the persecutor must be wrong . WILLIAM PENN ( 1644-1718 ) — Maxim , with regard to ...
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... edition ) attributes to ODILON BARROT the phrase duc d'Orleans est la meilleure des republiqnes " ( The Duke of Orleans , & c ) and as said on July 30 , 1830 , in reply to the republicans sent to the Hôtel de Ville by the Lointier ...
... edition ) attributes to ODILON BARROT the phrase duc d'Orleans est la meilleure des republiqnes " ( The Duke of Orleans , & c ) and as said on July 30 , 1830 , in reply to the republicans sent to the Hôtel de Ville by the Lointier ...
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... edition of the dictionary of the French Academy is as follows : " Terme très familier , qu'on a employé pour chercher à tourner en ridicule un sentiment ex- alté de la gloire des armes françaises . " ( Very familiar term , which has ...
... edition of the dictionary of the French Academy is as follows : " Terme très familier , qu'on a employé pour chercher à tourner en ridicule un sentiment ex- alté de la gloire des armes françaises . " ( Very familiar term , which has ...
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... edition ) à propos of a courtier who had received an offence . Comment peut - on être Persan ! ( How can one be a Persian ! ) A saying expressing astonishment at the appearance of anyone , not even being a European . Allusion to Les ...
... edition ) à propos of a courtier who had received an offence . Comment peut - on être Persan ! ( How can one be a Persian ! ) A saying expressing astonishment at the appearance of anyone , not even being a European . Allusion to Les ...
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... edition ) . Montaigne ( Essays , bk . 1 , ch . 23 ) relates an anec- dote of the duc de Guise at the siege of Rouen in 1562 , in which a similar sentiment is uttered by him to an conspirator , " gentilhomme angevin , ou manceau " ( a ...
... edition ) . Montaigne ( Essays , bk . 1 , ch . 23 ) relates an anec- dote of the duc de Guise at the siege of Rouen in 1562 , in which a similar sentiment is uttered by him to an conspirator , " gentilhomme angevin , ou manceau " ( a ...
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ABBÉ alluding asked Attributed battle BENJAMIN DISRAELI Earl bien Biog c'est Cæsar CARDINAL Chamber of Deputies Charles COMTE death Dict Dieu Diogenes Laertius DUKE OF WELLINGTON Dying words Earl of Beaconsfield EDMUND BURKE Emperor enemy Engl England fait faut femme Français France French grand HENRY Hist homme honour House of Commons Hume j'ai jamais JOHN June king Last words Le Moniteur universel letter liberty Lives Lord LOUIS XIV Madam Mémoires MIRABEAU Molière Moniteur mort mourir n'est NAPOLEON nation never Paris Parliament Phocion phrase Plutarch PRESIDENT PRINCE BISMARCK Prussian qu'il qu'on Queen quoted referring Reichstag remark reply rien saying Sire soldiers speech Suetonius thou tion tout Voltaire W. E. GLADSTONE WELLINGTON 1769 WILLIAM γὰρ δὲ καὶ μὲν μὴ οὐ οὐκ τὴν τὸ Τὸν τοὺς