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 67
... TERENCE.— ' Write , correspondents , write , whene'er you will ; " Twill save me trouble , and my paper fill . " A suggestion to correspondents of newspapers , and contributors to periodicals . Cause célèbre . Fr .- " A celebrated or ...
... TERENCE.— ' Write , correspondents , write , whene'er you will ; " Twill save me trouble , and my paper fill . " A suggestion to correspondents of newspapers , and contributors to periodicals . Cause célèbre . Fr .- " A celebrated or ...
Pagina 74
... TERENCE expresses it ? " Nae ista hercle magno jam conatu magnas nugas dixerit , In troth , with all these great efforts she is certainly going to be delivered of some mighty trifle . " Chacun a sa bête dans la figure . Fr .- " Every ...
... TERENCE expresses it ? " Nae ista hercle magno jam conatu magnas nugas dixerit , In troth , with all these great efforts she is certainly going to be delivered of some mighty trifle . " Chacun a sa bête dans la figure . Fr .- " Every ...
Pagina 86
... TERENCE .— “ I think it best to have two strings to my bow . " Common Law . - The unwritten , as opposed to the written or statute , law . Commota fervet plebecula bile . Lat . PERSIUS .- " The populace is boiling with excited passion ...
... TERENCE .— “ I think it best to have two strings to my bow . " Common Law . - The unwritten , as opposed to the written or statute , law . Commota fervet plebecula bile . Lat . PERSIUS .- " The populace is boiling with excited passion ...
Pagina 100
... TERENCE.- " Can you fear to trust the word of a man whose probity you have ex- perienced in pecuniary affairs ? " There's no touchstone of a man's good faith beyond his punctuality in money - matters . Cujuslibet rei simulator atque ...
... TERENCE.- " Can you fear to trust the word of a man whose probity you have ex- perienced in pecuniary affairs ? " There's no touchstone of a man's good faith beyond his punctuality in money - matters . Cujuslibet rei simulator atque ...
Pagina 104
... TERENCE .- " Give place to your bet- ters . " Let due reverence be shown to rank , to sex , and to superior station . Da , Pater , augustam menti conscendere sedem : Da fontem lustrare boni : da , luce reperta , In te conspicuos animi ...
... TERENCE .- " Give place to your bet- ters . " Let due reverence be shown to rank , to sex , and to superior station . Da , Pater , augustam menti conscendere sedem : Da fontem lustrare boni : da , luce reperta , In te conspicuos animi ...
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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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