The Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations

Every quotation a nineteenth-century speaker or writer might want, grouped under its subject, with the author, the date and the source given as exactly as Hoyt could manage.

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1 quotation from The Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations (1896), with the subject each one is filed under.

to the French Republic. 1796. If I were an American, as I am an Englishman, while a foreign troop was landed in my country I never would lay down my arms, never! never! never! WILLIAM PITT (Earl of Chatham)- Speech. Nov. 18, 1777. When asked what State he hails from, Our sole reply shall be, He comes from Appomattox And its famous apple tree.— filed under Patriotism
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