Famous Sayings and Their Authors: A Collection of Historical Sayings in English, French, German, Greek, Italian, and Latin |
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... is written opposite to the prisoner's name , Hanged by the neck . ' Sus . per coll . is quoted by Sir W. Scott in The Antiquary , ch . 8 . Let no guilty man escape . PRESIDENT GRANT ( 1822-85 ENGLISH AND AMERICAN SAYINGS 39.
... is written opposite to the prisoner's name , Hanged by the neck . ' Sus . per coll . is quoted by Sir W. Scott in The Antiquary , ch . 8 . Let no guilty man escape . PRESIDENT GRANT ( 1822-85 ENGLISH AND AMERICAN SAYINGS 39.
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... quoted from his own translation of the Dies Irae . ( Diet . Nat . Biog . , vol . xv , p . 88 ) My heart is fixed , O God ! my heart is fixed where true joy is to be found . to ROBERT SANDERSON , chaplain Charles I ( 1587-1663 ) —Last ...
... quoted from his own translation of the Dies Irae . ( Diet . Nat . Biog . , vol . xv , p . 88 ) My heart is fixed , O God ! my heart is fixed where true joy is to be found . to ROBERT SANDERSON , chaplain Charles I ( 1587-1663 ) —Last ...
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... quoted by Lord Beaconsfield ( 1804-81 ) in his speech on the Royal Titles Bill . Mar. 9 , 1876 . Shame , shame , on a conquered king ! - HENRY II ( 1133-89 ) — Dying words . Sir Boyle Roche's bird . SIR BOYLE ROCHE ( 1743-1807 ) -a ...
... quoted by Lord Beaconsfield ( 1804-81 ) in his speech on the Royal Titles Bill . Mar. 9 , 1876 . Shame , shame , on a conquered king ! - HENRY II ( 1133-89 ) — Dying words . Sir Boyle Roche's bird . SIR BOYLE ROCHE ( 1743-1807 ) -a ...
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... care of the pence , and the pounds will take care of themselves . LORD CHESTERFIELD - quoted in Letters to his Son ( Oct. 9 , 1746 ) as being a saying of WILLIAM LOWN- DES ( 1652-1724 ) 56 ENGLISH AND AMERICAN SAYINGS.
... care of the pence , and the pounds will take care of themselves . LORD CHESTERFIELD - quoted in Letters to his Son ( Oct. 9 , 1746 ) as being a saying of WILLIAM LOWN- DES ( 1652-1724 ) 56 ENGLISH AND AMERICAN SAYINGS.
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... Quoted by Burke , in a speech , Mar. 2 , 1790 , on the Repeal of the Corporation and Test Acts , as , " We have a Calvinistic creed , a Popish liturgy , and an Arminian clergy . " The Classes and the Masses . W. E. GLADSTONE ( 1809-98 ) ...
... Quoted by Burke , in a speech , Mar. 2 , 1790 , on the Repeal of the Corporation and Test Acts , as , " We have a Calvinistic creed , a Popish liturgy , and an Arminian clergy . " The Classes and the Masses . W. E. GLADSTONE ( 1809-98 ) ...
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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