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 |
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Pagina 18
... Labor in vain . Africa semper aliquid novi offert . Lat.- " Africa always offers to our notice something new ; of the interior we are in almost perfect igno- rance Africa may be said to possess a stronger attraction than most other ...
... Labor in vain . Africa semper aliquid novi offert . Lat.- " Africa always offers to our notice something new ; of the interior we are in almost perfect igno- rance Africa may be said to possess a stronger attraction than most other ...
Pagina 46
... one's coming , " have one's journey in vain . To have nothing but one's labor for one's pains . Avoir le cœur haut et la fortune basse . Fr 46 A NEW DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS . other things come as matters of course." Good ...
... one's coming , " have one's journey in vain . To have nothing but one's labor for one's pains . Avoir le cœur haut et la fortune basse . Fr 46 A NEW DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS . other things come as matters of course." Good ...
Pagina 47
... galley - slaves or convicts are kept in chains , where galley - slaves or convicts are shut up after labor . Bahadoor . " A great person , a pompous fellow . " Baia μev , aλha poda . Gr .- " Short A NEW DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS . 47.
... galley - slaves or convicts are kept in chains , where galley - slaves or convicts are shut up after labor . Bahadoor . " A great person , a pompous fellow . " Baia μev , aλha poda . Gr .- " Short A NEW DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS . 47.
Pagina 58
... labor , strive , to be short , brief , concise [ in my style ] , but I become obscure . " An expression applied to authors who , aiming at too great brevity , leave so much unexplained as to become obscure to their readers . Quintilian ...
... labor , strive , to be short , brief , concise [ in my style ] , but I become obscure . " An expression applied to authors who , aiming at too great brevity , leave so much unexplained as to become obscure to their readers . Quintilian ...
Pagina 80
... Labor omnia vincit , ” and “ Haud facilem , " & c . Χρησις αρετης εν βιῳ τελειῳ . Gr . DIOGENES LAERTIUS . exercise of virtue in a complete and perfect life . " The idea of HAPPI- NESS , as entertained by the disciples of the ...
... Labor omnia vincit , ” and “ Haud facilem , " & c . Χρησις αρετης εν βιῳ τελειῳ . Gr . DIOGENES LAERTIUS . exercise of virtue in a complete and perfect life . " The idea of HAPPI- NESS , as entertained by the disciples of the ...
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...