Famous Sayings and Their Authors: A Collection of Historical Sayings in English, French, German, Greek, Italian, and LatinSwan Sonnenschein, 1906 - 318 páginas |
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... letter to Governor Marcy ( 1786-1857 ) in 1846 . A horse ! a horse ! my kingdom for a horse . Attributed to Richard III ( 1452 85 ) at the battle of Bosworth Field ( Aug. 23 , 1485 ) , where he was slain . ( Shakspere , King Richard III ...
... letter to Governor Marcy ( 1786-1857 ) in 1846 . A horse ! a horse ! my kingdom for a horse . Attributed to Richard III ( 1452 85 ) at the battle of Bosworth Field ( Aug. 23 , 1485 ) , where he was slain . ( Shakspere , King Richard III ...
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... letters P ( Phi Ro ) written inside the lid . ( Gentleman's Magazine , vol . 51 , p . 324 note ) . Another version is : " Sir , the man that will make such an ex- ecrable pun as that in my company , will pick my pocket . " ( Benjamin ...
... letters P ( Phi Ro ) written inside the lid . ( Gentleman's Magazine , vol . 51 , p . 324 note ) . Another version is : " Sir , the man that will make such an ex- ecrable pun as that in my company , will pick my pocket . " ( Benjamin ...
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... letter to Thomas Raikes , March 1 , 1841 . Assassination has never changed the history of the world . BENJAMIN DISRAELI [ Earl of Beaconsfield ] ( 1804-81 ) —in a speech in the House of Commons , May , 1865 , on the death of President ...
... letter to Thomas Raikes , March 1 , 1841 . Assassination has never changed the history of the world . BENJAMIN DISRAELI [ Earl of Beaconsfield ] ( 1804-81 ) —in a speech in the House of Commons , May , 1865 , on the death of President ...
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... letter to a committee of the merchants of New Haven in 1801 : " If a due participation of office is a matter of right , how are vacancies to be obtained ? Those by death are few by resignation , none . ' Finality is not the language of ...
... letter to a committee of the merchants of New Haven in 1801 : " If a due participation of office is a matter of right , how are vacancies to be obtained ? Those by death are few by resignation , none . ' Finality is not the language of ...
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... ( Letters and Memoirs , by his wife ) . How beautiful to be with God . FRANCES ELIZABETH WILLARD ( 1839-98 ) -Last words . How men undervalue the power of simplicity , but it is the real key to the heart . WILLIAM WORDSWORTH ( 1770- 1850 ) ...
... ( Letters and Memoirs , by his wife ) . How beautiful to be with God . FRANCES ELIZABETH WILLARD ( 1839-98 ) -Last words . How men undervalue the power of simplicity , but it is the real key to the heart . WILLIAM WORDSWORTH ( 1770- 1850 ) ...
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Términos y frases comunes
ABBÉ alluding asked Attributed battle BENJAMIN DISRAELI Earl bien Biog c'est Cæsar CARDINAL Chamber of Deputies Charles COMTE death Dict Dieu Diogenes Diogenes Laertius DUKE OF WELLINGTON Dying words Earl of Beaconsfield EDMUND BURKE Emperor Engl England fait faut femme Français France French friends grand HENRY Hist homme honour House of Commons Hume j'ai jamais JOHN June king Laertius Last words Le Moniteur universel letter liberty Lives Lord LOUIS XIV Madam Mémoires MIRABEAU Molière Moniteur Monsieur mort mourir n'est NAPOLEON nation never Paris Parliament peace Phocion phrase Plutarch PRESIDENT PRINCE BISMARCK Prussian qu'il Queen quoted referring Reichstag reply saying Sire soldiers speech Suetonius thee thou tion tout Voltaire W. E. GLADSTONE WELLINGTON 1769 WILLIAM δὲ καὶ μὲν μὴ οὐ οὐκ τὴν τὸ τοὺς
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Página 64 - The poorest man may in his cottage bid defiance to all the forces of the Crown. It may be frail — its roof may shake — the wind may blow through it — the storm may enter — the rain may enter — but the King of England cannot enter ! — all his forces dare not cross the threshold of the ruined tenement...
Página 20 - Pr'ythee, lead me in : There take an inventory of all I have, To the last penny : 'tis the king's : my robe, And my integrity to heaven, is all I dare now call mine own. O Cromwell, Cromwell, Had I but served my God with half the zeal I served my king, he would not in mine age Have left me naked to mine enemies.
Página 117 - C'est de lui que nous vient cet art ingénieux De peindre la parole et de parler aux yeux, Et par les traits divers de figures tracées, Donner de la couleur et du corps aux pensées".
Página 29 - I know I have the body but of a weak and feeble woman ; but I have the heart and stomach of a King, and of a King of England too...
Página 9 - Be of good comfort, master Ridley, and play the man. We shall this day light such a candle, by God's grace, in England, as I trust shall never be put out.
Página 203 - And thou, too, whosoe'er thou art, That readest this brief psalm, As one by one thy hopes depart, Be resolute and calm. O fear not in a world like this, And thou shalt know ere long, Know how sublime a thing it is To suffer and be strong.
Página 147 - Quand le gouvernement viole les droits du peuple, l'insurrection est pour le peuple et pour chaque portion du peuple le plus sacré des droits et le plus indispensable des devoirs.
Página 28 - May it please your majesty, I have neither eyes to see, nor tongue to speak in this place, but as the House is pleased to direct me...
Página 226 - Howe'er it be, it seems to me, 'Tis only noble to be good. Kind hearts are more than coronets, And simple faith than Norman blood.
Página 75 - Gentlemen, the melancholy event of yesterday reads to us an awful lesson against being too much troubled about any of the objects of ordinary ambition. The worthy gentleman * who has been snatched from us at the moment of the election, and in the middle of the contest, whilst his desires were as warm and his hopes as eager as ours, has feelingly told us what shadows we are and what shadows we pursue.