Famous Sayings and Their Authors: A Collection of Historical Sayings in English, French, German, Greek, Italian, and Latin |
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... expression Wake up , hoss , and face the music ' is said to be generally used in the United States as an exhortation to men as well says : " Face the as to horses . Walsh ( Literary Curiosities ) Music : a proverbial phrase pro- bably ...
... expression Wake up , hoss , and face the music ' is said to be generally used in the United States as an exhortation to men as well says : " Face the as to horses . Walsh ( Literary Curiosities ) Music : a proverbial phrase pro- bably ...
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... expression occurs , however , in Burke's Thoughts on the Present Discontents , vol . I , p . 456 . I look to the event with perfect resignation . GEORGE WASHINGTON ( 1732-99 ) -a few hours before his death , Dec. 14 , 1799 . I make this ...
... expression occurs , however , in Burke's Thoughts on the Present Discontents , vol . I , p . 456 . I look to the event with perfect resignation . GEORGE WASHINGTON ( 1732-99 ) -a few hours before his death , Dec. 14 , 1799 . I make this ...
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... expression which now came into common use - had been affected by the accession of a Bourbon prince to the throne of Spain . ( Wolseley , Life of Duke of Marlborough , 1894 , vol . ii . , p . 379 ) The bane of England and the opprobrium ...
... expression which now came into common use - had been affected by the accession of a Bourbon prince to the throne of Spain . ( Wolseley , Life of Duke of Marlborough , 1894 , vol . ii . , p . 379 ) The bane of England and the opprobrium ...
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... expression owes its notoriety to the ABBÉ MAURY'S ( 1746-1817 ) reply to the mob who used it to him . He said : Eh bien ! quand vous m'aurez mis à la lanterne , y verrez - vous plus clair ? " ( Well , and when you have hanged me to the ...
... expression owes its notoriety to the ABBÉ MAURY'S ( 1746-1817 ) reply to the mob who used it to him . He said : Eh bien ! quand vous m'aurez mis à la lanterne , y verrez - vous plus clair ? " ( Well , and when you have hanged me to the ...
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... expression is derived from a saying of FRANKLIN ( 1706-90 ) , who , when asked what would be- come of the American Republic , answered , " Ca ira , ça ira . " - Chronique de Paris , May 4 , 1792 , p . 499. Franklin's words are given as ...
... expression is derived from a saying of FRANKLIN ( 1706-90 ) , who , when asked what would be- come of the American Republic , answered , " Ca ira , ça ira . " - Chronique de Paris , May 4 , 1792 , p . 499. Franklin's words are given as ...
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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