Short Sayings of Great Men: With Historical and Explanatory NotesJ. R. Osgood, 1882 - 610 Seiten |
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... give my heart and my hand to this vote . " The expres- sion was derived from the record of a conversation between Mr. Adams and Jonathan Sewall in 1774 : " I answered that the die was now cast ; I had passed the Rubicon . Sink or swim ...
... give my heart and my hand to this vote . " The expres- sion was derived from the record of a conversation between Mr. Adams and Jonathan Sewall in 1774 : " I answered that the die was now cast ; I had passed the Rubicon . Sink or swim ...
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... give in his accounts to the people , and was therefore not at leisure , Alcibiades remarked , " He had better consider how to avoid giving in any account at all . " . - Ibid . His answer , when summoned out of Sicily by the Athenians to ...
... give in his accounts to the people , and was therefore not at leisure , Alcibiades remarked , " He had better consider how to avoid giving in any account at all . " . - Ibid . His answer , when summoned out of Sicily by the Athenians to ...
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... give him his daughter in marriage . - PLUTARCH : Life . Thus when Lysander was offered a bribe of fifty talents , and Cleander said he would take it , were he Lysander ; " So would I , " replied the latter , " were I Cleander . " _____ ...
... give him his daughter in marriage . - PLUTARCH : Life . Thus when Lysander was offered a bribe of fifty talents , and Cleander said he would take it , were he Lysander ; " So would I , " replied the latter , " were I Cleander . " _____ ...
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... Give the boys a holiday . " EARL OF ANGUS . [ Archibald Douglas , fifth earl , sometimes called the " Great Earl of Angus , " lord chancellor of Scotland about the end of the fifteenth century ; a powerful , ambitious , and lawless ...
... Give the boys a holiday . " EARL OF ANGUS . [ Archibald Douglas , fifth earl , sometimes called the " Great Earl of Angus , " lord chancellor of Scotland about the end of the fifteenth century ; a powerful , ambitious , and lawless ...
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... give . ” — “ Then give me a talent [ 6,000 drachms ] . ” — " That is too much for a cynic [ i . e . , a dog ] to receive . " . Ibid . - He that teacheth the king of Macedon teacheth all his subjects . Like princes , like people ( qualis ...
... give . ” — “ Then give me a talent [ 6,000 drachms ] . ” — " That is too much for a cynic [ i . e . , a dog ] to receive . " . Ibid . - He that teacheth the king of Macedon teacheth all his subjects . Like princes , like people ( qualis ...
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
Abbé afterwards Agis II Alexander answer Apothegms army asked Athenians battle bien bishop Bismarck born Burke c'est Cæsar called Cardinal Carlyle celebrated chancellor Charles Cicero command Condé crown Danton death declared defeated Demosthenes died Disraeli Duc d'Orleans Duke Earl elected emperor empire enemy England English entered Parliament exclaimed expression father fool Fournier France Frederick French French Revolution gave Girondists Goethe Henry homme honor House of Commons Ibid Italy Johnson Julius Cæsar king king's last words letter liberty live Lord Louis XIII Louis XIV Louis XVI March maxim minister Mirabeau Napoleon never once opinion orator Paris Philip philosopher Phocion Pitt PLUTARCH poet political Pope Prince Prussian Queen quoted reign remarked replied Revolution Robespierre Roman Rome saying soldiers speak speech statesman Suetonius Talleyrand thing thou thought throne tion told victory Voltaire wrote
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 198 - Let tyrants fear. I have always so behaved myself that, under God, I have placed my chiefest strength and safeguard in the loyal hearts and goodwill of my subjects...
Seite 439 - On this question of principle, while actual suffering was yet afar off, they raised their flag against a power, to which, for purposes of foreign conquest and subjugation, Rome, in the height of her glory, is not to be compared ; a power which has dotted over the surface of the whole globe with her possessions and military posts, whose morning drum-beat, following the sun, and keeping company with the hours, circles the earth with one continuous and unbroken strain of the martial airs of England.
Seite 167 - I came one morning into the House well clad, and perceived a gentleman speaking, whom I knew not, very ordinarily apparelled, for it was a plain cloth suit, which seemed to have been made by an ill country tailor. His linen was plain, and' not very clean ; and I remember a speck or two of blood upon his little band, which was not much larger than his collar. His hat was without a hatband ; his stature was of a good size ; his sword stuck close to his side, his countenance swollen and reddish, his...
Seite 504 - Pretty ! in amber to observe the forms Of hairs, or straws, or dirt, or grubs, or worms ! The things, we know, are neither rich nor rare, But wonder how the devil they got there.
Seite 370 - They had for more than a century before been regarded as beings of an inferior order, and altogether unfit to associate with the white race, either in social or political relations; and so far inferior that they had no rights which the white man was bound to respect; and that the negro might justly and lawfully be reduced to slavery for his benefit.
Seite 479 - Equity is a roguish thing ; for law we have a measure, know what to trust to ; equity is according to the conscience of him that is Chancellor, and as that is larger or narrower, so is equity. 'Tis all one as if they should make the standard for the measure we call a foot...
Seite 2 - The second day of July 1776 will be the most memorable epoch in the history of america i am apt to believe that it will be celebrated by succeeding generations as the great anniversary festival it ought to be commemorated as the day of deliverance by solemn acts of devotion to god almighty it ought to be solemnized with pomp and parade with shows games sports guns bells bonfires and illuminations from one end of this continent to the other from this time forward for evermore.
Seite 293 - I believe, Sir, you have a great many. Norway, too, has noble wild prospects; and Lapland is remarkable for prodigious noble wild prospects. But, Sir, let me tell you, the noblest prospect which a Scotchman ever sees, is the high road that leads him to England!
Seite 532 - Sir, he was a scoundrel, and a coward : a scoundrel for charging a blunderbuss against religion and morality ; a coward, because he had not resolution to fire it off himself, but left half a crown to a beggarly Scotchman to draw the trigger after his death...
Seite 328 - Joy is the sweet voice, Joy the luminous cloud We in ourselves rejoice! And thence flows all that charms or ear or sight, All melodies the echoes of that voice, All colours a suffusion from that light.