A New Dictionary of Quotations from the Greek, Latin, and Modern LanguagesJ. B. Lippincott & Company, 1869 - 527 Seiten |
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... object is to supply the need of the unlearned as well as to refresh the memory of the scholar , isolated words , expressions in frequent use but imperfectly understood , and terms which have wandered far from their original import ...
... object is to supply the need of the unlearned as well as to refresh the memory of the scholar , isolated words , expressions in frequent use but imperfectly understood , and terms which have wandered far from their original import ...
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... object . " Ad infinitum . Lat . " Without end . " " Errors in reasoning on morals and on mind go on multiplying each other ad infinitum . ” Ad interim . Lat . " For the mean time . " " They hold their own opinions as ad interim truths ...
... object . " Ad infinitum . Lat . " Without end . " " Errors in reasoning on morals and on mind go on multiplying each other ad infinitum . ” Ad interim . Lat . " For the mean time . " " They hold their own opinions as ad interim truths ...
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... objects , things , of no moment . " He strives for trifles , and for toys contends , And then , in earnest , what he says defends . " N.B. The expression " de lana caprina rixari " is a proverbial one , and is well explained by the ...
... objects , things , of no moment . " He strives for trifles , and for toys contends , And then , in earnest , what he says defends . " N.B. The expression " de lana caprina rixari " is a proverbial one , and is well explained by the ...
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... amid the wretchedness of some mise- rable abode : while , on the other hand , moderate in his desires , he needs not the splendid palace , the object of envy . " " The man , within the golden mean Who can 42 A NEW DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS .
... amid the wretchedness of some mise- rable abode : while , on the other hand , moderate in his desires , he needs not the splendid palace , the object of envy . " " The man , within the golden mean Who can 42 A NEW DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS .
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... object pain and punishment . " A penal war , a war having for its Bem sabe o gato cujas barbas lambe . Port . prov .- " The cat well knows whose lips she licks . " Ben ' ti voglio . Ital .- " I wish A NEW DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS . 51 ...
... object pain and punishment . " A penal war , a war having for its Bem sabe o gato cujas barbas lambe . Port . prov .- " The cat well knows whose lips she licks . " Ben ' ti voglio . Ital .- " I wish A NEW DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS . 51 ...
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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.