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... phrase . ) - " From the inconvenience . " -Argumentum ab inconvenienti . - An argument to show that the result of a proposed measure will prove incon- venient or unsuited to circumstances . Ab incunabulis ( Lat . ) - " From the cradle ...
... phrase . ) - " From the inconvenience . " -Argumentum ab inconvenienti . - An argument to show that the result of a proposed measure will prove incon- venient or unsuited to circumstances . Ab incunabulis ( Lat . ) - " From the cradle ...
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... phrase may also be applied to that violence of rage which gene- rally belongs to a civil war . Ac etiam ( Law Lat . ) - " And also . " - A clause added by recent custom to a complaint of trespass in the Court of King's Bench , which ...
... phrase may also be applied to that violence of rage which gene- rally belongs to a civil war . Ac etiam ( Law Lat . ) - " And also . " - A clause added by recent custom to a complaint of trespass in the Court of King's Bench , which ...
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... phrase used to intimate that the consti- tution is in extreme danger . ne agas ( Lat . ) TERENCE .- " Do not overdo what has been already done . " - The work which is finished may be endangered by the touches of a superfluous anxiety ...
... phrase used to intimate that the consti- tution is in extreme danger . ne agas ( Lat . ) TERENCE .- " Do not overdo what has been already done . " - The work which is finished may be endangered by the touches of a superfluous anxiety ...
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... phrase was therefore used by the former to denote that the thing could never happen . Ad libitum ( Lat . ) — “ At pleasure . ” — In music it is used to signify those ornamental graces which are left to the taste of the performer ...
... phrase was therefore used by the former to denote that the thing could never happen . Ad libitum ( Lat . ) — “ At pleasure . ” — In music it is used to signify those ornamental graces which are left to the taste of the performer ...
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... phrase borrowed from the States of Holland , and now used proverbially to imply a slowness of deli- beration and decision . Adscriptus gleba ( Lat . ) - " Attached to the soil . " - Dis- posable with the land . This is now the wretched ...
... phrase borrowed from the States of Holland , and now used proverbially to imply a slowness of deli- beration and decision . Adscriptus gleba ( Lat . ) - " Attached to the soil . " - Dis- posable with the land . This is now the wretched ...
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
amor applied atque bien CICERO CLAUDIAN CORNELIUS NEPOS court crime danger death despise Deus dicere docet equal est Lat être evil facit Lat fait fear fides fool fortune frequently give guilt habet hæc happy homines homme honour HORACE HORACE.-"The human Irish Baron Irish Earl Irish Viscount jure JUVENAL labour Law Lat law maxim live LUCAN malè malis matter means ment mihi Milonius mind motto of Lord multa nature nemo never nihil nisi nunc omnes omnia OVID passion PERSIUS person phrase PLAUTUS poet potest Lat praise prov proverb qu'on quæ quam quid QUINTILIAN quod quotation rebus ridiculous risum ROCHEFOUCAULT Romans sæpe satis Scotch Earl semper SENECA sense sibi sine sometimes souvent speak suffer sunt SYRUS TACITUS TERENCE things tibi tion truth ultrà vice VIRGIL virtue virtutis vitæ vitium whilst wise wish words writ
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 70 - 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 100 - ... habet aliquid ex iniquo omne magnum exemplum, quod contra singulos utilitate publica rependitur.
Seite 77 - Et errat longe, mea quidem sententia, , Qui imperium credat gravius esse aut stabilius, Vi quod fit, quam illud quod amicitia adjungitur.
Seite 174 - Want is the scorn of ev'ry wealthy fool ; And wit in rags is turn'd to ridicule.
Seite 36 - A proverb which very happily illustrates the advantages arising from vigilance. Carpe diem quam minime credula postero. Lat. Hon. — "Enjoy the present day, as distrusting that which is to follow.
Seite 194 - Omne animi vitium tanto conspectius in se Crimen habet, quanto major, qui peccat, habetur.
Seite 27 - Rectius vives, Licini, neque altum semper urgendo neque, dum procellas cautus horrescis, nimium premendo litus iniquum. auream quisquis mediocritatem diligit, tutus caret obsoleti sordibus tecti, caret invidenda sobrius aula.
Seite 298 - Take the course of strong rule, whilst the mind of youth is flexible, and capable of strong impressions." — Vigorous methods, but divested of harshness, should be early called into use by those, to whom the education of youth is committed.
Seite 49 - When the state is most corrupt then the laws are most multiplied.
Seite 263 - In solving doubts, the maxim sic utere tuo ut alienum non laedas [use your own property in such a manner as not to injure that of another...