A New Dictionary of Quotations from the Greek, Latin, and Modern Languages: Translated Into English, and Occasionally Accompanied with Illustrations, Historical Poetical, and Anecdotal, with an Extensive Index, Referring to Every Important WordJ.B. Lippincott & Company, 1869 - 528 pagina's |
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Pagina 12
... OVID .- " Those gifts are ever the most acceptable which the giver has made precious . " They frequently derive their value from our estimation of the donor . It may also allude to the manner of giving , as in SHAKSPEARE- " You gave ...
... OVID .- " Those gifts are ever the most acceptable which the giver has made precious . " They frequently derive their value from our estimation of the donor . It may also allude to the manner of giving , as in SHAKSPEARE- " You gave ...
Pagina 13
... OVID.- " Scorn me not , Chloe : me , whose faith well tried , Long years approve , and honest passions guide : My hopeless soul no foul affections move , But chaste simplicity and modest love : Nor I , like shallow fops , from fair to ...
... OVID.- " Scorn me not , Chloe : me , whose faith well tried , Long years approve , and honest passions guide : My hopeless soul no foul affections move , But chaste simplicity and modest love : Nor I , like shallow fops , from fair to ...
Pagina 29
... OVID .- " Do you not know that kings have long 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 ...
... OVID .- " Do you not know that kings have long 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 ...
Pagina 38
... OVID .- " To perish , or fall , by their own machinations , to fall into the trap that they had prepared for others . " " It is gratifying to man , and it seems the peculiar dispensation of GOD , that the malignant authors of mischief ...
... OVID .- " To perish , or fall , by their own machinations , to fall into the trap that they had prepared for others . " " It is gratifying to man , and it seems the peculiar dispensation of GOD , that the malignant authors of mischief ...
Pagina 39
... OVID : - Quid magis est durum saxo ? Quid mollius unda ? Dura tamen molli saxa cavantur aqua . That is , " What is harder than stone ? what softer than water ? and yet hard stones , stones hard though they are , are , in process of time ...
... OVID : - Quid magis est durum saxo ? Quid mollius unda ? Dura tamen molli saxa cavantur aqua . That is , " What is harder than stone ? what softer than water ? and yet hard stones , stones hard though they are , are , in process of time ...
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aetas amor ancient animus applied atque bien C'est called caprina 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 HORACE.-"The human Ital JUVENAL king labor Latin Law maxim learned live LORD LUCAN 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 sibi signify sine soul speak sunt TACITUS TERENCE term thing thou tibi truth vice VIRGIL virtue vita wise word writ writing
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Pagina 32 - The place of fame and elegy supply : And many a holy text around she strews That teach the rustic moralist to die. For who, to dumb forgetfulness a prey, This pleasing anxious being e'er...
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