A New Dictionary of Quotations from the Greek, Latin, and Modern LanguagesJ. B. Lippincott & Company, 1869 - 527 pagina's |
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Pagina 7
... hand . " A l'antique . Fr.- “ After or according to the old way or fashion . ” A l'impossible nul n'est tenu . Fr. prov .- " There is no flying without wings ; there is no doing impossibilities . " A l'improviste . Fr .- " Unawares ; on ...
... hand . " A l'antique . Fr.- “ After or according to the old way or fashion . ” A l'impossible nul n'est tenu . Fr. prov .- " There is no flying without wings ; there is no doing impossibilities . " A l'improviste . Fr .- " Unawares ; on ...
Pagina 24
... hands , but of a soldier's wit , Cries , ' I have sense to serve my turn in store , And he's a humbug who pretends to more : Care I whate'er those book - learned blockheads say ? Solon's the veriest fool - can one say nay ...
... hands , but of a soldier's wit , Cries , ' I have sense to serve my turn in store , And he's a humbug who pretends to more : Care I whate'er those book - learned blockheads say ? Solon's the veriest fool - can one say nay ...
Pagina 29
... hands ? " It were to be wished , " says SWIFT , " that they had as long ears . " An praeter esse reale actualis essentiae sit aliud esse neces- sarium , quo res actualiter existat ? MARTINUS SCRIBLERUS . " Whe- ther , besides the real ...
... hands ? " It were to be wished , " says SWIFT , " that they had as long ears . " An praeter esse reale actualis essentiae sit aliud esse neces- sarium , quo res actualiter existat ? MARTINUS SCRIBLERUS . " Whe- ther , besides the real ...
Pagina 31
... hand , preamble ] of a grunt . " Animal risibile . Lat .- " An animal which can laugh . " One of the definitions of man , given or suggested by the philosophers of the schools . Animalcula . Lat .- " Very small , minute animals , living ...
... hand , preamble ] of a grunt . " Animal risibile . Lat .- " An animal which can laugh . " One of the definitions of man , given or suggested by the philosophers of the schools . Animalcula . Lat .- " Very small , minute animals , living ...
Pagina 34
... hands to sleep . " Aperto mala cum est mulier , tum demum est bona . Lat . prov . When a woman is openly bad , she is then at the best . " Her avowal is preferable to her hypocrisy . Aperto vivere voto . Lat . PERSIUS .- " To live with ...
... hands to sleep . " Aperto mala cum est mulier , tum demum est bona . Lat . prov . When a woman is openly bad , she is then at the best . " Her avowal is preferable to her hypocrisy . Aperto vivere voto . Lat . PERSIUS .- " To live with ...
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aetas amor ancient animus applied atque bien C'est called character CICERO CLAUDIAN court death dicere EPICURUS evil exemplum expression facit fear feel fool fortune Fr.-The French genius give Greek happy homines homme honor HORACE human Ital JUVENAL king labor Latin Law maxim learned live Lord LUCAN LUCRETIUS magna mali manner matter means ment mihi mind motto multa n'est nature never nihil nisi nulla omnes omnia one's opinion OVID passion PERSIUS person PHAEDRUS philosopher phrase PLAUTUS pleasure poet potest prov proverb PUBLIUS SYRUS quae quam quid QUINTILIAN quod quotation rebus rerum risum Roman saepe Scots law semper SENECA sense SHAKSPEARE sibi signify sine soul Span speak sunt TACITUS TERENCE term thing thou tibi truth vice VIRGIL virtue vita wise word writ writing
Populaire passages
Pagina 120 - And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years: few and evil have the days of the years of my life been, and have not attained unto the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage.
Pagina 25 - This is some fellow, Who, having been praised for bluntness, doth affect A saucy roughness ; and constrains the garb Quite from his nature : ,he cannot flatter, he ! — An honest mind and plain, — he must speak truth ! An they will take it, so ; if not, he's plain.
Pagina 184 - O Woman ! in our hours of ease Uncertain, coy, and hard to please, And variable as the shade By the light quivering aspen made; When pain and anguish wring the brow, A ministering angel thou!
Pagina 131 - Live while you live, the Epicure would say, And seize the pleasures of the present day. Live while you live, the sacred Preacher cries, And give to God each moment as it flies.
Pagina 147 - Est brevitate opus, ut currat sententia neu se Impediat verbis lassas...
Pagina 235 - Je suis oiseau, voyez mes ailes— Je suis souris, vivent les rats!
Pagina 227 - Inter spem curamque, timores inter et iras, Omnem crede diem tibi diluxisse supremum : Grata superveniet quae non sperabitur hora.
Pagina 327 - O Thou whose power o'er moving worlds presides, Whose voice created, and whose wisdom guides, On darkling man in pure effulgence shine, And cheer the clouded mind with light divine. Tis thine alone to calm the pious breast, With silent confidence and holy rest : From thee, great God ! we spring, to thee we tend, Path, motive, guide, original, and end...
Pagina 160 - The gates of hell are open night and day ; Smooth the descent, and easy is the way : But, to return, and view the cheerful skies — In this the task and mighty labour lies.
Pagina 7 - Wednesday. Doth he feel it? no. Doth he hear it? no. 'Tis insensible, then? Yea, to the dead. But will it not live with the living? no. Why? detraction will not suffer it. Therefore I'll none of • it. Honour is a mere scutcheon : and so ends my catechism.