Famous Sayings and Their Authors: A Collection of Historical Sayings in English, French, German, Greek, Italian, and Latin |
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... soldier . " ( Percy Anecdotes , vol . 2 , p . 161 ) I want , oh , you know what I mean the stuff of life . BAYARD TAYLOR ( 1825-78 ) — Last words . says : I want to go away . ALICE CARY words . ( 1820-71 ) Last I were miserable , if I ...
... soldier . " ( Percy Anecdotes , vol . 2 , p . 161 ) I want , oh , you know what I mean the stuff of life . BAYARD TAYLOR ( 1825-78 ) — Last words . says : I want to go away . ALICE CARY words . ( 1820-71 ) Last I were miserable , if I ...
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... soldiers see me drop . The day is ours ! Oh , keep it ! " - uttered to those who were near him when he was wounded . Now God be with you , my dear children ; I have breakfasted with you , and shall sup with my Lord Jesus Christ . ROBERT ...
... soldiers see me drop . The day is ours ! Oh , keep it ! " - uttered to those who were near him when he was wounded . Now God be with you , my dear children ; I have breakfasted with you , and shall sup with my Lord Jesus Christ . ROBERT ...
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... soldiers , who , instigated by their superiors , were brought to cry aloud for justice . One soldier , who had asked a blessing on oppressed and fallen majesty , was , in the King's presence , beaten to the ground by his officer ...
... soldiers , who , instigated by their superiors , were brought to cry aloud for justice . One soldier , who had asked a blessing on oppressed and fallen majesty , was , in the King's presence , beaten to the ground by his officer ...
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... Soldiers , fire ! SIR CHARLES LUCAS , shot August 28 , 1648 - Last words , to the soldiers . So little done , so much to do . ( The Daily Telegraph , March 28 , 1902. ) CECIL JOHN RHODES ( 1853-1902 ) -Dying words , to Mr. Michell . The ...
... Soldiers , fire ! SIR CHARLES LUCAS , shot August 28 , 1648 - Last words , to the soldiers . So little done , so much to do . ( The Daily Telegraph , March 28 , 1902. ) CECIL JOHN RHODES ( 1853-1902 ) -Dying words , to Mr. Michell . The ...
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... soldier at the Battle of Zutphen ( Sept. 22 , 1586 ) who looked wistfully at some water which had been obtained with difficulty for Sir Philip , who was himself mortally wounded . Other versions are : " This man's neces- sity is still ...
... soldier at the Battle of Zutphen ( Sept. 22 , 1586 ) who looked wistfully at some water which had been obtained with difficulty for Sir Philip , who was himself mortally wounded . Other versions are : " This man's neces- sity is still ...
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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