Famous Sayings and Their Authors: A Collection of Historical Sayings in English, French, German, Greek, Italian, and Latin |
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Page 61
... quoted at the head , and also forms the last line of the poem A Case of Libel , by Thomas Moore . " For the same reason it is immaterial with respect to the offence of a libel , whether the matter of it be true or false , " & c ...
... quoted at the head , and also forms the last line of the poem A Case of Libel , by Thomas Moore . " For the same reason it is immaterial with respect to the offence of a libel , whether the matter of it be true or false , " & c ...
Page 65
... un- willingly convinced me that , " etc. ( Chatham Correspondence ) . Quoted by Lord Mahon , " greater than the Throne itself . " ( Hist . of England ) , vol . v , p . 258 ) See There 5 ENGLISH AND AMERICAN SAYINGS 65.
... un- willingly convinced me that , " etc. ( Chatham Correspondence ) . Quoted by Lord Mahon , " greater than the Throne itself . " ( Hist . of England ) , vol . v , p . 258 ) See There 5 ENGLISH AND AMERICAN SAYINGS 65.
Page 69
... quoted but apocryphal distich . " ) This is the last of earth ! I am content ! JOHN QUINCY ADAMS , 6th presi- dent of the U. S. ( 1767-1848 ) , — Last words . This I will now truly say , that as long as I have lived , I have striven to ...
... quoted but apocryphal distich . " ) This is the last of earth ! I am content ! JOHN QUINCY ADAMS , 6th presi- dent of the U. S. ( 1767-1848 ) , — Last words . This I will now truly say , that as long as I have lived , I have striven to ...
Page 70
... Quoted derisively by Sir Michael Hicks Beach , and promptly dis- avowed by him in that sense , the phrase has become a saying useful alike to advocates and opponents of the general idea of allotments and small holdings . The phrase is ...
... Quoted derisively by Sir Michael Hicks Beach , and promptly dis- avowed by him in that sense , the phrase has become a saying useful alike to advocates and opponents of the general idea of allotments and small holdings . The phrase is ...
Page 72
... quoted " Up guards and at them ! " ( Alison ; Charles Lever ) but the saying in either form is discredited . In answer to a letter from J. Wilson Croker ( author of Memoirs ) to Mr. Greville ( the Duke's secretary ) Mar. 14 , 1852 , the ...
... quoted " Up guards and at them ! " ( Alison ; Charles Lever ) but the saying in either form is discredited . In answer to a letter from J. Wilson Croker ( author of Memoirs ) to Mr. Greville ( the Duke's secretary ) Mar. 14 , 1852 , the ...
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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