Famous Sayings and Their Authors: A Collection of Historical Sayings in English, French, German, Greek, Italian, and Latin |
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... speak , in this place , but as the House is pleased to direct me , whose servant I am ; and I humbly ask pardon that I cannot give any other answer to what your majesty is pleased to demand of me . " I have no patience whatever with ...
... speak , in this place , but as the House is pleased to direct me , whose servant I am ; and I humbly ask pardon that I cannot give any other answer to what your majesty is pleased to demand of me . " I have no patience whatever with ...
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... speaking . It is still our duty to fight for our country , into what hands soever the government might fall . ADMIRAL ROBERT BLAKE ( 1598- 1657 ) -to his seamen . After the victory of Santa Cruz , April 20 , 1657 , being ill with dropsy ...
... speaking . It is still our duty to fight for our country , into what hands soever the government might fall . ADMIRAL ROBERT BLAKE ( 1598- 1657 ) -to his seamen . After the victory of Santa Cruz , April 20 , 1657 , being ill with dropsy ...
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... speaking , like playing on the fiddle , requires practice . BENJAMINE DISRAELI [ Earl of Beaconsfield ] ( 1804-81 ) -in a speech in the House of Commons , July 13 , 1871. Cf. " Speaking truth is like writing fair , and comes only by ...
... speaking , like playing on the fiddle , requires practice . BENJAMINE DISRAELI [ Earl of Beaconsfield ] ( 1804-81 ) -in a speech in the House of Commons , July 13 , 1871. Cf. " Speaking truth is like writing fair , and comes only by ...
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... Speak , good mouth ! QUEEN ELIZABETH ( 1533-1603 ) -to the Mayor of Bristol , who , on welcoming her , stopped short after saying , " I am the mouth of the ' Speak , good mouth ! ” town . .. stagger humanity . PRESIDENT KRUGER ( born c ...
... Speak , good mouth ! QUEEN ELIZABETH ( 1533-1603 ) -to the Mayor of Bristol , who , on welcoming her , stopped short after saying , " I am the mouth of the ' Speak , good mouth ! ” town . .. stagger humanity . PRESIDENT KRUGER ( born c ...
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... speaking of Thomas Fitzgerald , eighth Earl of Kildare , said " All Ireland cannot govern this Earl . " ( Froude's Hist . of Engl . vol . ii , ch . 8 ) . The noble lord is the Prince Rupert of parliamentary dis- cussion . BENJAMIN ...
... speaking of Thomas Fitzgerald , eighth Earl of Kildare , said " All Ireland cannot govern this Earl . " ( Froude's Hist . of Engl . vol . ii , ch . 8 ) . The noble lord is the Prince Rupert of parliamentary dis- cussion . BENJAMIN ...
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