Famous Sayings and Their Authors: A Collection of Historical Sayings in English, French, German, Greek, Italian, and Latin |
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... faire pendre . ( Give me a few lines of a man's hand - writing , that will be sufficient for me to get him hanged ) . Saying attributed to CARDINAL RICHELIEU ( 1585-1642 ) ( see Mme . de Motteville's Memoirs , ( 1723 , vol i , p . 58 ) ...
... faire pendre . ( Give me a few lines of a man's hand - writing , that will be sufficient for me to get him hanged ) . Saying attributed to CARDINAL RICHELIEU ( 1585-1642 ) ( see Mme . de Motteville's Memoirs , ( 1723 , vol i , p . 58 ) ...
Page 99
... faire le procès au plus innocent . " ( . accord- ing to the methods of the cardinal himself , who , as I have heard his friends tell , was in the habit of saying that with two lines of a man's handwriting , an accusation could be made ...
... faire le procès au plus innocent . " ( . accord- ing to the methods of the cardinal himself , who , as I have heard his friends tell , was in the habit of saying that with two lines of a man's handwriting , an accusation could be made ...
Page 101
... faire rem- placer ? ( Is anyone allowed to take my place ? ) Question put by the CHEVALIER DE CHAMPESNETZ ( 1759-94 ) on being sentenced to death . Et qu'êtes - vous allé faire là- bas , Monsieur ? -apprendre à penser , Sire . - Les ...
... faire rem- placer ? ( Is anyone allowed to take my place ? ) Question put by the CHEVALIER DE CHAMPESNETZ ( 1759-94 ) on being sentenced to death . Et qu'êtes - vous allé faire là- bas , Monsieur ? -apprendre à penser , Sire . - Les ...
Page 103
... faire pour avoir un nouveau trait de ressemblance avec votre divin modèle . " ( Sire , it . another sacrifice that you have to make to have a new trait of resem blance to your divine model . ) The following is from the Dernières heures ...
... faire pour avoir un nouveau trait de ressemblance avec votre divin modèle . " ( Sire , it . another sacrifice that you have to make to have a new trait of resem blance to your divine model . ) The following is from the Dernières heures ...
Page 106
... faire . ( He could put it to a better use . ) Dying words of TALLEYRAND ( 1754-1838 ) -May 1838 , after being informed that the Archbishop of Paris had said that he would give his life for M. de Talleyrand . Il avait été a la peine , c ...
... faire . ( He could put it to a better use . ) Dying words of TALLEYRAND ( 1754-1838 ) -May 1838 , after being informed that the Archbishop of Paris had said that he would give his life for M. de Talleyrand . Il avait été a la peine , c ...
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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