Famous Sayings and Their Authors: A Collection of Historical Sayings in English, French, German, Greek, Italian, and Latin |
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... honour at Leeds , Oct. 7 , 1881 . The right honourable gentleman [ Sir Robert Peel ] caught the Whigs bathing , and walked away with their clothes . BENJAMIN DISRAELI [ Earl of Beaconsfield ] ( 1804-81 ) -in speech on the opening of ...
... honour at Leeds , Oct. 7 , 1881 . The right honourable gentleman [ Sir Robert Peel ] caught the Whigs bathing , and walked away with their clothes . BENJAMIN DISRAELI [ Earl of Beaconsfield ] ( 1804-81 ) -in speech on the opening of ...
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... honour all His laws . There's plenty of time to win this game and to thrash the Spaniards too . ( Dict . Nat . Biog . , xv , p . 437. ) SIR FRANCIS DRAKE ( 1540-96 ) — who was playing at bowls with Lord Howard of Effingham and others on ...
... honour all His laws . There's plenty of time to win this game and to thrash the Spaniards too . ( Dict . Nat . Biog . , xv , p . 437. ) SIR FRANCIS DRAKE ( 1540-96 ) — who was playing at bowls with Lord Howard of Effingham and others on ...
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... honour as a gentle- man " appoint Canning secretary for foreign affairs . " Your Majesty , I say , is not a gentleman , but the sovereign of England , with duties to your people far above any to your- self " , & c . Your warrant is ...
... honour as a gentle- man " appoint Canning secretary for foreign affairs . " Your Majesty , I say , is not a gentleman , but the sovereign of England , with duties to your people far above any to your- self " , & c . Your warrant is ...
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... honour of great men by their grateful country . ) ( Decree of the Con- stitutional Assembly , Apr. 4 , 1791. ) Inscription over the front of the Pantheon français , composed by the MARQUIS DE PASTOR ET ( 1756- 1840 ) . 86 888 FRENCH ...
... honour of great men by their grateful country . ) ( Decree of the Con- stitutional Assembly , Apr. 4 , 1791. ) Inscription over the front of the Pantheon français , composed by the MARQUIS DE PASTOR ET ( 1756- 1840 ) . 86 888 FRENCH ...
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... honour myself for possessing it . ) Derniers momens , p . 200. GAMBETTA ( 1838-82 ) used the expression " Du travail , encore du travail , et toujours du travail ! ( Work , still work , and work always ! ) in a speech at Versailles ...
... honour myself for possessing it . ) Derniers momens , p . 200. GAMBETTA ( 1838-82 ) used the expression " Du travail , encore du travail , et toujours du travail ! ( Work , still work , and work always ! ) in a speech at Versailles ...
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