Wit, Wisdom and Foibles of the Great: Together with Numerous Anecdotes Illustrative of the Characters of People and Their RulersFunk & Wagnalls, 1918 - 689 Seiten |
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... knew better than to call attention to what he had seen , waited until he was summoned by the earl , who , when he had finished his singular task , paid his bill and departed . A few days afterwards the earl again visited the tavern , in ...
... knew better than to call attention to what he had seen , waited until he was summoned by the earl , who , when he had finished his singular task , paid his bill and departed . A few days afterwards the earl again visited the tavern , in ...
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... knew one another by reputation ; the conversation between them was lively , animated and witty . At last the count , with the levity customary with bor- rowers of quality , asked Beaumarchais to lend him twelve thousand francs . Beaumar ...
... knew one another by reputation ; the conversation between them was lively , animated and witty . At last the count , with the levity customary with bor- rowers of quality , asked Beaumarchais to lend him twelve thousand francs . Beaumar ...
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... knew no bounds , while his tormentors enjoyed their triumph for some time , but finally explained to him the trick they had played . The miserable joke grew to a story , or a whole progeny of stories , of his having been caught stealing ...
... knew no bounds , while his tormentors enjoyed their triumph for some time , but finally explained to him the trick they had played . The miserable joke grew to a story , or a whole progeny of stories , of his having been caught stealing ...
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... knew what to do . I sat near the piano , saying nothing , but struck up a couple of notes , “ Dideldum , dittera , " [ here he hummed the beginning of an in- fantry quick step ] . The old fellow got up from his stool at once , his face ...
... knew what to do . I sat near the piano , saying nothing , but struck up a couple of notes , “ Dideldum , dittera , " [ here he hummed the beginning of an in- fantry quick step ] . The old fellow got up from his stool at once , his face ...
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... knew . - The Athenæum , September 24 , 1898 . On the other hand , Bismarck - Bohlen brought with him one great comfort - some excellent brandy . Offering the flask to his uncle , he said : " You've had a hard time of it ; won't you ...
... knew . - The Athenæum , September 24 , 1898 . On the other hand , Bismarck - Bohlen brought with him one great comfort - some excellent brandy . Offering the flask to his uncle , he said : " You've had a hard time of it ; won't you ...
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Seite 283 - ... may profit by their example. If this be treason, make the most of it...
Seite 209 - When I saw another fond of popularity, constantly employing himself in political bustles, neglecting his own affairs, and ruining them by that neglect, He pays, indeed, said I, too much for Ms whistle.
Seite 209 - When I was a child of seven years old my friends, on a holiday, filled my pocket with coppers. I went directly to a shop where they sold toys for children ; and, being charmed with the sound of a whistle, that I met by the way in the hands of another boy, I voluntarily offered and gave all my money for one.
Seite 301 - Let us cross over the river, and rest under the shade of the trees...
Seite 348 - I am a military hero? Yes, sir; in the days of the Black Hawk war I fought, bled, and came away. Speaking of General Cass's career reminds me of my own. I was not at Stillman's defeat, but I was about as near it as Cass was to Hull's surrender ; and, like him, I saw the place very soon afterward. It is quite certain I did not break my sword, for I had none to break; but I bent a musket pretty badly on one occasion.
Seite 266 - Yours of this date, proposing armistice and appointment of Commissioners to settle terms of capitulation, is just received. No terms except an unconditional and immediate surrender can be accepted. I propose to move immediately upon your works.
Seite 209 - I did not understand him, till I felt my head hit against the beam. He was a man that never missed any occasion of giving instruction, and upon this he said to me, " You are young, and have the world before you; STOOP as you go through it, and you will miss many hard thumps.
Seite 209 - I, he has paid dear, very dear, for his whistle. When I see a beautiful, sweettempered girl married to an illnatured brute of a husband, What a pity, say I, that she should pay so much for a whistle.
Seite 283 - Caesar had his Brutus — Charles the First his Cromwell — and George the Third — [" Treason " cried the Speaker ; " treason ! treason ! " echoed from every part of the house.
Seite 309 - We don't want to fight, but by jingo if we do We've got the ships, we've got the men, we've got the money, too; We've fought the Bear before, and while Britons shall be true The Russians shall not have Constantinople.