A Dictionary of Foreign Phrases and Classical Quotations, Comprising Idioms, Proverbs, Maxims, Mottoes, Technical Words and Terms, Press Allusions... from the Latin, Greek, French, German, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese... with English Translations & Equivalents, Ed. with NotesHugh Percy Jones J. Grant, 1908 - 532 pages |
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Page 6
... called " Mother of the neada , " because the Romans claimed descent from her , through Æneas , the Trojan hero . Ære perennius . Ærugo animi , robigo ingenii . -. Adversus solem ne loquitor . Ad vivum . Advocatus Diaboli . Egis ...
... called " Mother of the neada , " because the Romans claimed descent from her , through Æneas , the Trojan hero . Ære perennius . Ærugo animi , robigo ingenii . -. Adversus solem ne loquitor . Ad vivum . Advocatus Diaboli . Egis ...
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... called , but the best - known was the famous Colossus of Rhodes , a huge figure go feet high , which was said to have been set up with one foot resting on each side of the harbour of Rhodes . The Romans distinguished the years by the ...
... called , but the best - known was the famous Colossus of Rhodes , a huge figure go feet high , which was said to have been set up with one foot resting on each side of the harbour of Rhodes . The Romans distinguished the years by the ...
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... words were ever spoken , and , like Wellington's " Up guards and at ' em , " they belong to the category of things that ought to have been said . A cathedral is so called because it contains the cathedra 38 [ LATIN EST QUÆDAM.
... words were ever spoken , and , like Wellington's " Up guards and at ' em , " they belong to the category of things that ought to have been said . A cathedral is so called because it contains the cathedra 38 [ LATIN EST QUÆDAM.
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Hugh Percy Jones. A cathedral is so called because it contains the cathedra , the throne , or official chair of the bishop of the diocese . + Horace concludes the third book of his Odes with this proud prophecy of the permanent quality ...
Hugh Percy Jones. A cathedral is so called because it contains the cathedra , the throne , or official chair of the bishop of the diocese . + Horace concludes the third book of his Odes with this proud prophecy of the permanent quality ...
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... to be read by loyal Roman Catholics is so - called . M. Zola's Rome , for example , was recently added to this list by the Pope's advisers . i 8 1 Infandum , regina , jubes renovare dolorem . - Virgil 56 [ LATIN IN CADUCUM.
... to be read by loyal Roman Catholics is so - called . M. Zola's Rome , for example , was recently added to this list by the Pope's advisers . i 8 1 Infandum , regina , jubes renovare dolorem . - Virgil 56 [ LATIN IN CADUCUM.
Common terms and phrases
amigo amor autres avoir better bien bird bonne Bruyère buen c'est casa Cicero cœur Dante death deux Dieu Dios être Euripides evil eyes faire fait faut femme Fontaine fool fortune give Goethe grand happy heart Heaven hombre homme honour Horace jamais jour king l'amour l'homme l'on La Rochefoucauld live Lope de Vega man's Menander mieux mind Molière monde mort Motto n'est never nihil omnia one's Ovid Perez peut poco prend Publius Syrus qu'il qu'on qu'un quæ quam quod rien Rochefoucauld Roman saying semper Simonides of Ceos Sophocles souvent speak style thee things thou Tirso de Molina tout truth vaut veut Victor Hugo virtue wise woman words ἂν γὰρ δὲ ἐκ ἐν καὶ μὲν μὴ οἱ οὐ οὐκ τὰ τε τὴν τὸ τοῖς τὸν τοῦ τῶν ὡς
Popular passages
Page 77 - Howe'er it be, it seems to me, 'Tis only noble to be good. Kind hearts are more than coronets, And simple faith than Norman blood.
Page 73 - Boast not thyself of to-morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.
Page 340 - ... tout le malheur des hommes vient d'une seule chose, qui est de ne savoir pas demeurer en repos, dans une chambre.
Page 370 - Ich sag es dir: ein Kerl, der spekuliert, Ist wie ein Tier, auf dürrer Heide Von einem bösen Geist im Kreis herumgeführt, Und rings umher liegt schöne grüne Weide.
Page 24 - Merciful heaven! What, man! ne'er pull your hat upon your brows; Give sorrow words: the grief that does not speak Whispers the o'erfraught heart, and bids it break.
Page 323 - He who fights, and runs away, May live to fight another day.
Page 383 - Was vernünftig ist, das ist wirklich; und was wirklich ist, das ist vernünftig.
Page 34 - Enlarged winds, that curl the flood, Know no such liberty. Stone walls do not a prison make, Nor iron bars a cage; Minds innocent and quiet take That for an hermitage; If I have freedom in my love And in my soul am free, Angels alone, that soar above, Enjoy such liberty.
Page 150 - Good name in man and woman, dear my lord, Is the immediate jewel of their souls : Who steals my purse steals trash ; 'tis something, nothing ; 'Twas mine, 'tis his, and has been slave to thousands ; But he that filches from me my good name Robs me of that which not enriches him And makes me poor indeed.
Page 159 - MAN, that is born of a woman, hath but a short time to live, and is full of misery. He cometh up, and is cut down like a flower; he fleeth as it were a shadow, and never continueth in one stay.