A New Dictionary of Quotations from the Greek, Latin, and Modern LanguagesJ. B. Lippincott & Company, 1869 - 527 Seiten |
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... head to foot . " Thoroughly , completely . From the beginning to the end . A causa persa parole assai . Ital . prov .- " When the cause , law- suit , is lost , there has been enough of words , enough has been said . " Do not discuss ...
... head to foot . " Thoroughly , completely . From the beginning to the end . A causa persa parole assai . Ital . prov .- " When the cause , law- suit , is lost , there has been enough of words , enough has been said . " Do not discuss ...
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... head and around my side , ” that is , “ beset me on every side . " Compare the form which the same idea would assume in our vulgar idiom , " 22 A NEW DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS . limate; and, in like manner, when a ...
... head and around my side , ” that is , “ beset me on every side . " Compare the form which the same idea would assume in our vulgar idiom , " 22 A NEW DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS . limate; and, in like manner, when a ...
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same idea would assume in our vulgar idiom , " I am over head and ears in the affairs of others . " The above quotation may be applied to the situation of a Minister of state . " A hundred men's affairs confound My senses , and besiege ...
same idea would assume in our vulgar idiom , " I am over head and ears in the affairs of others . " The above quotation may be applied to the situation of a Minister of state . " A hundred men's affairs confound My senses , and besiege ...
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... head by the lancet , according to the suggestion of Virgil ] . " Aliud et idem . Lat .- " One and the same thing , though under dif- ferent aspects . " " We never have returned from abroad after having feasted a month or two on the ...
... head by the lancet , according to the suggestion of Virgil ] . " Aliud et idem . Lat .- " One and the same thing , though under dif- ferent aspects . " " We never have returned from abroad after having feasted a month or two on the ...
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... Heads . " Âme de bouc . Fr .- " A soul of mud . " A debased , degraded , creature . Ameer [ or Emir ] . “ A nobleman . ” The term is Asiatic and African . Its origin is Moslem . Ami du peuple . Fr .- " A friend to the people [ at large ] ...
... Heads . " Âme de bouc . Fr .- " A soul of mud . " A debased , degraded , creature . Ameer [ or Emir ] . “ A nobleman . ” The term is Asiatic and African . Its origin is Moslem . Ami du peuple . Fr .- " A friend to the people [ at large ] ...
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aetas amor ancient animus applied atque bien C'est called 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 human Ital JUVENAL king labor Latin Law maxim learned live Lord LUCAN LUCRETIUS 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 SHAKSPEARE sibi signify sine soul Span speak sunt TACITUS TERENCE term thing thou tibi truth vice VIRGIL virtue vita wise word writ writing
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Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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!
Seite 131 - Live while you live, the Epicure would say, And seize the pleasures of the present day. Live while you live, the sacred Preacher cries, And give to God each moment as it flies.
Seite 147 - Est brevitate opus, ut currat sententia neu se Impediat verbis lassas...
Seite 235 - Je suis oiseau, voyez mes ailes— Je suis souris, vivent les rats!
Seite 227 - Inter spem curamque, timores inter et iras, Omnem crede diem tibi diluxisse supremum : Grata superveniet quae non sperabitur hora.
Seite 327 - O Thou whose power o'er moving worlds presides, Whose voice created, and whose wisdom guides, On darkling man in pure effulgence shine, And cheer the clouded mind with light divine. Tis thine alone to calm the pious breast, With silent confidence and holy rest : From thee, great God ! we spring, to thee we tend, Path, motive, guide, original, and end...
Seite 160 - The gates of hell are open night and day ; Smooth the descent, and easy is the way : But, to return, and view the cheerful skies — In this the task and mighty labour lies.
Seite 7 - Wednesday. Doth he feel it? no. Doth he hear it? no. 'Tis insensible, then? Yea, to the dead. But will it not live with the living? no. Why? detraction will not suffer it. Therefore I'll none of • it. Honour is a mere scutcheon : and so ends my catechism.