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
... true , a mere court ceremony , -- use- less , expensive , inconvenient , as an ordinary dress , —but is it not the essence of a ceremony to be all that ? If a thing be useful , economical , and convenient , it is for every - day wear ...
... true , a mere court ceremony , -- use- less , expensive , inconvenient , as an ordinary dress , —but is it not the essence of a ceremony to be all that ? If a thing be useful , economical , and convenient , it is for every - day wear ...
Pagina 12
... true taste in this country . It is to England what SENECA's prose was to Rome , Abundat dulcibus vitiis . ” Ac etiam . Law Lat.- " And also . " A clause added by recent cus- tom to a complaint of trespass , in the Court of King's Bench ...
... true taste in this country . It is to England what SENECA's prose was to Rome , Abundat dulcibus vitiis . ” Ac etiam . Law Lat.- " And also . " A clause added by recent cus- tom to a complaint of trespass , in the Court of King's Bench ...
Pagina 23
... true practical wisdom to make the faults of others serve as so many beacons to warn us from the rocks and shoals on which they have been wrecked . Alieni appetens , sui profusus . Lat . SALLUST .— “ Coveting the property of others , and ...
... true practical wisdom to make the faults of others serve as so many beacons to warn us from the rocks and shoals on which they have been wrecked . Alieni appetens , sui profusus . Lat . SALLUST .— “ Coveting the property of others , and ...
Pagina 28
... True love permits no loved one not to love . " Amor al cor gentil ratto s'apprende . Ital . DANTE .- " True love in gentle heart is quickly learnt , or , True love the gentle , noble , high - souled heart soon apprehends . " Amor e ...
... True love permits no loved one not to love . " Amor al cor gentil ratto s'apprende . Ital . DANTE .- " True love in gentle heart is quickly learnt , or , True love the gentle , noble , high - souled heart soon apprehends . " Amor e ...
Pagina 29
... true meaning of aμpißios , amphibious , is “ par- taking of both sexes . " -Amphora coepit Institui ; currente rota cur urceus exit ? Lat . HORACE.- " A large jar was begun to be formed : why , as the wheel goes round , does it turn out ...
... true meaning of aμpißios , amphibious , is “ par- taking of both sexes . " -Amphora coepit Institui ; currente rota cur urceus exit ? Lat . HORACE.- " A large jar was begun to be formed : why , as the wheel goes round , does it turn out ...
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
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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...