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 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 ? " " Aliquis ...
... 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 ? " " Aliquis ...
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 ...
... 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 ...
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affect ancient appear applied bear become better body called cause character comes common Compare court danger death equal existence expression fear feel follow fortune French frequently give given Greek hand happy head heart honor hope HORACE human Ital Italy judge kind king labor land learned live look LORD manner matter maxim means mind nature never object once one's opinion original OVID pass PERSIUS person phrase PLAUTUS pleasure poet present prov quae quam quid quod reason Roman SENECA sense signify sometimes speak TERENCE term thing thou true truth vice VIRGIL virtue whole wise wish 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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