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 xvii
... truth at all hazards . Popular prejudices are stub- born things to grapple with . We know that the Duke of Wellington himself denied that he ever uttered the words " Up Guards , and at ' em , " at Waterloo . But these words are still ...
... truth at all hazards . Popular prejudices are stub- born things to grapple with . We know that the Duke of Wellington himself denied that he ever uttered the words " Up Guards , and at ' em , " at Waterloo . But these words are still ...
Page xix
... as their medium of expression in preference to using their own native tongue . This In conclusion , the Editor feels very conscious of the truth of Dr. Johnson's dictum that a dictionary maker seldom fully attains INTRODUCTION . xix.
... as their medium of expression in preference to using their own native tongue . This In conclusion , the Editor feels very conscious of the truth of Dr. Johnson's dictum that a dictionary maker seldom fully attains INTRODUCTION . xix.
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... . So the historian describes Catiline , the Thistlewood of Roman history . The phrase is now applied to political adventurers by their opponents . This precept , the truth of which is somewhat dubious 8 [ LATIN ALEATOR.
... . So the historian describes Catiline , the Thistlewood of Roman history . The phrase is now applied to political adventurers by their opponents . This precept , the truth of which is somewhat dubious 8 [ LATIN ALEATOR.
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... truth even more . Friendship without deceit . To lose a friend is the greatest of all losses . ( A sure friend is made manifest in a doubtful matter ; when one is in difficulty . ) A friend in need is a friend indeed . ( A friend of the ...
... truth even more . Friendship without deceit . To lose a friend is the greatest of all losses . ( A sure friend is made manifest in a doubtful matter ; when one is in difficulty . ) A friend in need is a friend indeed . ( A friend of the ...
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... truth of the supernatural is to be regarded , considering the limitations of our understanding , rather as an argument for than against its credibility . See also credo quia absurdum . Cervæ luporum præda rapacium Sectamur ultro , quos ...
... truth of the supernatural is to be regarded , considering the limitations of our understanding , rather as an argument for than against its credibility . See also credo quia absurdum . Cervæ luporum præda rapacium Sectamur ultro , quos ...
Common terms and phrases
amigo amor autres avoir better bien bird bonne Bruyère c'est casa Cicero cœur Dante death deux Dieu Dios être Euripides evil eyes faire fait faut femme fool fortune French give Goethe grand Greek 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 Metastasio mieux mind Molière monde mort Motto n'est never nihil omnia one's Ovid Perez peut poco poet prend Publius Syrus qu'il qu'on qu'un quæ quam quod rien Rochefoucauld Roman saying semper Simonides of Ceos Sophocles souvent speak 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.