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 8
... manner , her innocence , & c . N.B. Instead of à outrance , as above , or , à toute outrance , which is a stronger form , the incorrect form à l'outrance is nearly always used by English writers . A pas de géant . Fr .- " With a giant's ...
... manner , her innocence , & c . N.B. Instead of à outrance , as above , or , à toute outrance , which is a stronger form , the incorrect form à l'outrance is nearly always used by English writers . A pas de géant . Fr .- " With a giant's ...
Pagina 10
... manners and a more friendly spirit . " Ab officio et beneficio . Lat .- " From his office [ the discharge of his clerical functions ] and his benefice . " “ The 10 A NEW DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS . A tutiori. Lat.-"The safer side to ...
... manners and a more friendly spirit . " Ab officio et beneficio . Lat .- " From his office [ the discharge of his clerical functions ] and his benefice . " “ The 10 A NEW DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS . A tutiori. Lat.-"The safer side to ...
Pagina 12
... their value from our estimation of the donor . It may also allude to the manner of giving , as in SHAKSPEARE- " You gave , with words of so sweet breath 12 A NEW DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS . Abundans cautela non nocet. Lat. prov.-"...
... their value from our estimation of the donor . It may also allude to the manner of giving , as in SHAKSPEARE- " You gave , with words of so sweet breath 12 A NEW DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS . Abundans cautela non nocet. Lat. prov.-"...
Pagina 16
... manners . ' " A metaphor , taken from workers in marble , who try the smoothness of the marble , and the exactness of the joinings , by drawing the nail over them . WE should say , in our own idiom , " a perfect gentleman . ” Ad usum ...
... manners . ' " A metaphor , taken from workers in marble , who try the smoothness of the marble , and the exactness of the joinings , by drawing the nail over them . WE should say , in our own idiom , " a perfect gentleman . ” Ad usum ...
Pagina 20
... manner ; to be of surpassing excellence . " Αιων δ ' ασφαλης Ουκ εγένετ ' , ουτ ' Αιακίδα παρα Πηλει , Ουτε παρ ' αντιθεω Καδμῳ λεγονται γε μαν βροτων Ολβον ὑπερτατον οἱ Σχειν.- Gr . PINDAR.- " For not the brave , or wise , or great , E ...
... manner ; to be of surpassing excellence . " Αιων δ ' ασφαλης Ουκ εγένετ ' , ουτ ' Αιακίδα παρα Πηλει , Ουτε παρ ' αντιθεω Καδμῳ λεγονται γε μαν βροτων Ολβον ὑπερτατον οἱ Σχειν.- Gr . PINDAR.- " For not the brave , or wise , or great , E ...
Parole e frasi comuni
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
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...