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 33
... called in commemoration of the great fire of London . Ante barbam doces senes . Lat . prov .- " You teach old persons before you yourself have a beard , while you are but a boy . " Jack Sprat would teach his grandame , his granny . Ante ...
... called in commemoration of the great fire of London . Ante barbam doces senes . Lat . prov .- " You teach old persons before you yourself have a beard , while you are but a boy . " Jack Sprat would teach his grandame , his granny . Ante ...
Pagina 35
... called the bird of the eye : that little opening , or round hole , that admits the rays of light , and through which is reflected from the bottom of the eye , that little image , that little boy or girl , that puppet [ pupilla ] , which ...
... called the bird of the eye : that little opening , or round hole , that admits the rays of light , and through which is reflected from the bottom of the eye , that little image , that little boy or girl , that puppet [ pupilla ] , which ...
Pagina 37
... called into due activity . Arcus nimis intensus rumpitur . Lat . prov .- " A bow too much bent , kept on the stretch , is soon broken . " A bow long bent at last wax- eth weak . See " Cito rumpes arcum , & c . " Ardentia verba . Lat ...
... called into due activity . Arcus nimis intensus rumpitur . Lat . prov .- " A bow too much bent , kept on the stretch , is soon broken . " A bow long bent at last wax- eth weak . See " Cito rumpes arcum , & c . " Ardentia verba . Lat ...
Pagina 43
... called from being peculiar to the more northern latitudes . The appearances of the Au- rora come under four different descriptions . 1st , A horizontal light , like the break of day . 2dly , Fine , slender , luminous beams of dense ...
... called from being peculiar to the more northern latitudes . The appearances of the Au- rora come under four different descriptions . 1st , A horizontal light , like the break of day . 2dly , Fine , slender , luminous beams of dense ...
Pagina 47
... called by the domestics . Baboo . " Master , Sir . " A Hindoo title of respect paid to gentlemen . Merchants , head clerks , & c . , in Bengal , are invariably called Baboos . Bacchantes . Gr . in Roman letters . - Priestesses of ...
... called by the domestics . Baboo . " Master , Sir . " A Hindoo title of respect paid to gentlemen . Merchants , head clerks , & c . , in Bengal , are invariably called Baboos . Bacchantes . Gr . in Roman letters . - Priestesses of ...
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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 437 - Spiritus intus alit: totamque infusa per artus ' Mens agitat molem, et magno se corpore miscet ' Inde hominum pecudumque genus vitaeque volantum ' Et quae marmoreo fert monstra sub aequore pontus.
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...
Pagina 201 - ... huic versatile ingenium sic pariter ad omnia fuit, ut natum ad id unum diceres quodcumque ageret...