Classical and Foreign Quotations,law Terms and Maxims,proverbs,mottoes,phrases,and Expressions in French,German,Greek,Italian,Latin,Spanish,and PortugueseWhitaker & Sons, 1887 - 608 pages |
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... never before appeared in any collection of the kind ) , it will not be a matter of surprise that some failure in this respect should have attended the endeavour ; the endeavour being , after all , the thing that I lay claim to rather 1 ...
... never before appeared in any collection of the kind ) , it will not be a matter of surprise that some failure in this respect should have attended the endeavour ; the endeavour being , after all , the thing that I lay claim to rather 1 ...
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... never repeated , of course , in any other tongue than one's own , and are not quotations in any sense of the term , but which seem never- theless worth preserving in the words of the author who has transmitted them , more as historical ...
... never repeated , of course , in any other tongue than one's own , and are not quotations in any sense of the term , but which seem never- theless worth preserving in the words of the author who has transmitted them , more as historical ...
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... never . As the Greeks had no Kalends , the phrase is used of anything that can never possibly take place . According to Suetonius the saying was often in the mouth of Augustus in speaking of the probability of his paying his creditors ...
... never . As the Greeks had no Kalends , the phrase is used of anything that can never possibly take place . According to Suetonius the saying was often in the mouth of Augustus in speaking of the probability of his paying his creditors ...
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... never so humble , there's no place like home . -J . H. Payne , Opera of Clari . 92. Ad ognuno par più grave la croce sua . Every one thinks his own cross the heaviest . ( It . ) Prov.- ( L . ) ? — A man 93. Ad omnem libidinem projectus ...
... never so humble , there's no place like home . -J . H. Payne , Opera of Clari . 92. Ad ognuno par più grave la croce sua . Every one thinks his own cross the heaviest . ( It . ) Prov.- ( L . ) ? — A man 93. Ad omnem libidinem projectus ...
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... never descend so low as to reach the public through the grocer ! 280. ̓Ανὴρ ὁ φεύγων καὶ πάλιν μαχήσεται . ( Gr . ) ? Menand . The man who runs away may fight again . He that fights and runs away May live to fight another day ; But he ...
... never descend so low as to reach the public through the grocer ! 280. ̓Ανὴρ ὁ φεύγων καὶ πάλιν μαχήσεται . ( Gr . ) ? Menand . The man who runs away may fight again . He that fights and runs away May live to fight another day ; But he ...
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Classical and Foreign Quotations,law Terms and Maxims,proverbs,mottoes ... William Francis Henry King Affichage du livre entier - 1887 |
Classical and Foreign Quotations: Law Terms and Maxims, Proverbs, Mottoes ... William Francis Henry King Affichage du livre entier - 1888 |
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Page 150 - Now was the hour that wakens fond desire In men at sea, and melts their thoughtful heart Who in the morn have bid sweet friends farewell, And pilgrim, newly on his road, with love Thrills if he hear the vesper bell from far That seems to mourn for the expiring day. — Gary.
Page 150 - Milton, Lycidas, 70 : Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise (That last infirmity of noble mind) To scorn delights, and live laborious days.
Page 458 - Qu'on parle bien ou mal du fameux cardinal, Ma prose ni mes vers n'en diront jamais rien ; II m'a fait trop de bien pour en dire du mal, II m'a fait trop de mal pour en dire du bien. Richelieu.
Page 49 - Give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me : lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who ia the
Page 373 - When lovely woman stoops to folly And finds, too late, that men betray, What charm can soothe her melancholy, What art can wash her guilt away
Page 52 - Avec de la vertu, de la capacité, et une bonne conduite, l'on peut être insupportable ; les manières que l'on néglige comme de petites choses, sont souvent ce qui fait que les hommes décident de vous en bien ou en mal ; une légère attention à les avoir douces et polies, prévient leur mauvais jugement.
Page 32 - runs away may fight again. He that fights and runs away May live to fight another day ; But he who is in battle slain Can never rise to fight again.
Page 485 - 40 : Slaves cannot breathe in England : if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free ; They touch our country, and their shackles fall.
Page 415 - C'est de lui que nous vient cet art ingénieux De peindre la parole et de parler aux yeux, Et par les traits divers de ligures tracées Donner de la couleur et du corps aux pensées.
Page 126 - In all thy humours, whether grave or mellow, Thou'rt such a touchy, testy, pleasant fellow, Hast so much wit, and mirth, and spleen about thee. That there's no living with thee nor without thee.