Famous Sayings and Their Authors: A Collection of Historical Sayings in English, French, German, Greek, Italian, and Latin |
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... written to Henry VIII shortly before her death . He had divorced her in 1533. ( Hume , Hist . of Engl . ) I mak siccar ! ( Scotch for sure ) . KIRKPATRICK , of Closeburn , one of Robert Bruce's followers , the latter having in a rage ...
... written to Henry VIII shortly before her death . He had divorced her in 1533. ( Hume , Hist . of Engl . ) I mak siccar ! ( Scotch for sure ) . KIRKPATRICK , of Closeburn , one of Robert Bruce's followers , the latter having in a rage ...
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... writing & c . I should not be a better king , however splendidly I was dressed . EDWARD I ( 1239-1307 ) . Is Lawrence come - is Lawrence come ? JOHN HENRY FUSELI ( c . 1742- 1825 ) -Last words ; alluding to his friend . ( Life of Fuseli ) ...
... writing & c . I should not be a better king , however splendidly I was dressed . EDWARD I ( 1239-1307 ) . Is Lawrence come - is Lawrence come ? JOHN HENRY FUSELI ( c . 1742- 1825 ) -Last words ; alluding to his friend . ( Life of Fuseli ) ...
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... written in the margin of the calendar against the name of a person condemned to be executed ; formerly sus . per coll . , an abbrevia- tion of suspendatur per collum This , with the signature of the judge , is the sheriff's authority ...
... written in the margin of the calendar against the name of a person condemned to be executed ; formerly sus . per coll . , an abbrevia- tion of suspendatur per collum This , with the signature of the judge , is the sheriff's authority ...
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... written by the Earl of Rochester and fastened to the king's bed - chamber door : " Here lies our Sovereign Lord the king , Whose word no man rely'd [ relies ] on , Who never said a foolish thing , Nor ever did a wise one . " My servant ...
... written by the Earl of Rochester and fastened to the king's bed - chamber door : " Here lies our Sovereign Lord the king , Whose word no man rely'd [ relies ] on , Who never said a foolish thing , Nor ever did a wise one . " My servant ...
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... writing fair , and comes only by practice . " ( Ruskin , Seven Lamps of Architecture : Lamp of Truth , I ) Party is organised opinion . BENJAMIN DISRAELI [ Earl of Beaconsfield ] ( 1804-81 ) —in a speech at Oxford , 25th Nov. 1268 ...
... writing fair , and comes only by practice . " ( Ruskin , Seven Lamps of Architecture : Lamp of Truth , I ) Party is organised opinion . BENJAMIN DISRAELI [ Earl of Beaconsfield ] ( 1804-81 ) —in a speech at Oxford , 25th Nov. 1268 ...
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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