Famous Sayings and Their Authors: A Collection of Historical Sayings in English, French, German, Greek, Italian, and Latin |
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... phrase was , perhaps unconsciously , adapted from Theodore Parker , in whose address to the Anti - Slavery Society on May 13 , 1854 ( Additional Speeches , vol . ii , p . 25 ) occur the words a government of all the 66 people , by all ...
... phrase was , perhaps unconsciously , adapted from Theodore Parker , in whose address to the Anti - Slavery Society on May 13 , 1854 ( Additional Speeches , vol . ii , p . 25 ) occur the words a government of all the 66 people , by all ...
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... Phrase ap- plied to the oratory of Robert Lowe [ Lord Sherbrooke ] . Cf. " I had rather be a dog and bay the moon , Than such a Roman . " ( Shakspere , Julius Cæsar , act 4 , sc . 3 , Il . 27-8 . ) Happiness is not the end of life ...
... Phrase ap- plied to the oratory of Robert Lowe [ Lord Sherbrooke ] . Cf. " I had rather be a dog and bay the moon , Than such a Roman . " ( Shakspere , Julius Cæsar , act 4 , sc . 3 , Il . 27-8 . ) Happiness is not the end of life ...
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... phrase of his . ( Dict . Nat . Biog . , vol . Ix , p . 203. ) I really do not see the signal ! LORD NELSON ( 1758-1805 ) -at the Battle of Copenhagen , Apr. 2 , 1801 , on a signal being made to him to leave off action , putting his ...
... phrase of his . ( Dict . Nat . Biog . , vol . Ix , p . 203. ) I really do not see the signal ! LORD NELSON ( 1758-1805 ) -at the Battle of Copenhagen , Apr. 2 , 1801 , on a signal being made to him to leave off action , putting his ...
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... phrase of a letter accept- ing his nomination to the Presidency of the United States , dated May 29 , 1868 . Liberalism is trust of the people , tempered by prudence ; Con- servatism , distrust of the people , tempered by fear . RT ...
... phrase of a letter accept- ing his nomination to the Presidency of the United States , dated May 29 , 1868 . Liberalism is trust of the people , tempered by prudence ; Con- servatism , distrust of the people , tempered by fear . RT ...
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... phrase . Millions for defence , not a cent for tribute ! C. C. PINCKNEY ( 1746-1825 ) — Reply , in 1796 , to the hint that money paid the United States might have a favourable effect : in allusion to the treaty made by John Jay with ...
... phrase . Millions for defence , not a cent for tribute ! C. C. PINCKNEY ( 1746-1825 ) — Reply , in 1796 , to the hint that money paid the United States might have a favourable effect : in allusion to the treaty made by John Jay with ...
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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