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 pagine |
Dall'interno del libro
Risultati 1-5 di 61
Pagina 3
... kind has been the design of the present publication ; and , unless its author be greatly deceived as to its execution , it can hardly fail to be useful to individuals of all ranks and conditions , —to the man of business and the man of ...
... kind has been the design of the present publication ; and , unless its author be greatly deceived as to its execution , it can hardly fail to be useful to individuals of all ranks and conditions , —to the man of business and the man of ...
Pagina 17
... kind of philosophy is it to extol melancholy , the most detestable thing in nature ? " " " Acqualem uxorem quaere . Lat .- " Look B 2 * A NEW DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS . 17 Adeon' homines immutari ex amore, ut non cognoscas ...
... kind of philosophy is it to extol melancholy , the most detestable thing in nature ? " " " Acqualem uxorem quaere . Lat .- " Look B 2 * A NEW DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS . 17 Adeon' homines immutari ex amore, ut non cognoscas ...
Pagina 24
... kind or degree of silliness ; trifling ; folly . " Alitur vitium , vivitque tegendo . Lat . VIRGIL .- " Vice thrives and lives by concealment . " It is in the nature of foul deeds to delight in darkness . The above translation , however ...
... kind or degree of silliness ; trifling ; folly . " Alitur vitium , vivitque tegendo . Lat . VIRGIL .- " Vice thrives and lives by concealment . " It is in the nature of foul deeds to delight in darkness . The above translation , however ...
Pagina 31
... kind of wickedness , has no wish whatever to do so . " Anglice . Lat .- " In English , according to the English fashion . " Anguillam cauda tenes . Lat . prov .- " You hold an eel by the tail . " You are engaged with an active and ...
... kind of wickedness , has no wish whatever to do so . " Anglice . Lat .- " In English , according to the English fashion . " Anguillam cauda tenes . Lat . prov .- " You hold an eel by the tail . " You are engaged with an active and ...
Pagina 39
... kind of shop for the sale of oracles ] . " The Roman Catholics make use of an expression somewhat similar to the " assisto divinis " of Horace : they say that they " assist at mass , " that is , they A NEW DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS . 39.
... kind of shop for the sale of oracles ] . " The Roman Catholics make use of an expression somewhat similar to the " assisto divinis " of Horace : they say that they " assist at mass , " that is , they A NEW DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS . 39.
Parole e frasi comuni
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
Brani popolari
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 201 - HIIMANO capiti cervicem pictor equinam Jungere si velit, et varias inducere plumas Undique collatis membris, ut turpiter atrum Desinat in piscem mulier formosa superne, Spectatum admissi risum teneatis, amici...
Pagina 147 - Est brevitate opus, ut currat sententia neu se Impediat verbis lassas...
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 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 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...