Famous Sayings and Their Authors: A Collection of Historical Sayings in English, French, German, Greek, Italian, and Latin |
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... given to a person setting out on a foreign mission . See An Ambassador is & c . Every Englishman has a Turk on his shoulders . JOHN BRIGHT ( 1811-89 ) -in a speech in the House of Commons , March 31 , 1854 , said , " Gentlemen , I ...
... given to a person setting out on a foreign mission . See An Ambassador is & c . Every Englishman has a Turk on his shoulders . JOHN BRIGHT ( 1811-89 ) -in a speech in the House of Commons , March 31 , 1854 , said , " Gentlemen , I ...
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... given her by the Earl of Essex to be returned to the Queen . Elizabeth is said to have even shaken the dying woman in her bed ( Hume , Hist . of Engl . ch . 44 ) . God reigns , and the government at Washington still lives . GENERAL ...
... given her by the Earl of Essex to be returned to the Queen . Elizabeth is said to have even shaken the dying woman in her bed ( Hume , Hist . of Engl . ch . 44 ) . God reigns , and the government at Washington still lives . GENERAL ...
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... given me over in my gray hairs . CARDINAL WOLSEY ( 1471-1530 ) -to Sir William Kingston , who arrested him . See Si j'avois fait pour Dieu , & c .; Cf. " O Cromwell , Cromwell , Had I but served my God with half the zeal I serv'd my ...
... given me over in my gray hairs . CARDINAL WOLSEY ( 1471-1530 ) -to Sir William Kingston , who arrested him . See Si j'avois fait pour Dieu , & c .; Cf. " O Cromwell , Cromwell , Had I but served my God with half the zeal I serv'd my ...
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... given one by the grace of God , I suffer this day with a glad heart . Behold and consider my visage . Ye shall not see me change colour . " The executioner had asked for and obtained his forgiveness . I feel now that I am dying . JEREMY ...
... given one by the grace of God , I suffer this day with a glad heart . Behold and consider my visage . Ye shall not see me change colour . " The executioner had asked for and obtained his forgiveness . I feel now that I am dying . JEREMY ...
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... given my life to law and politics ; law is uncertain , and politics are utterly vain . DANIEL WEBSTER ( 1782-1852 ) -to Professor Silliman ( 1772-1864 ) . I have had wealth , rank , and power , but , if these were all I had , how ...
... given my life to law and politics ; law is uncertain , and politics are utterly vain . DANIEL WEBSTER ( 1782-1852 ) -to Professor Silliman ( 1772-1864 ) . I have had wealth , rank , and power , but , if these were all I had , how ...
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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