A New Dictionary of Quotations from the Greek, Latin, and Modern Languages: Translated Into English, and Occasionally Accompanied with Illustrations, Historical Poetical, and Anecdotal, with an Extensive Index, Referring to Every Important Word |
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... kind has been the design of the present publication ; and , unless its author be greatly deceived as to its execution , it can hardly fail to be useful to individuals of all ranks and conditions , —to the man of business and the man of ...
... kind has been the design of the present publication ; and , unless its author be greatly deceived as to its execution , it can hardly fail to be useful to individuals of all ranks and conditions , —to the man of business and the man of ...
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... kind of philosophy is it to extol melancholy , the most detestable thing in nature ? " " " Acqualem uxorem quaere . Lat .- " Look B 2 * A NEW DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS . 17 Adeon' homines immutari ex amore, ut non cognoscas ...
... kind of philosophy is it to extol melancholy , the most detestable thing in nature ? " " " Acqualem uxorem quaere . Lat .- " Look B 2 * A NEW DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS . 17 Adeon' homines immutari ex amore, ut non cognoscas ...
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... kind or degree of silliness ; trifling ; folly . " Alitur vitium , vivitque tegendo . Lat . VIRGIL .- " Vice thrives and lives by concealment . " It is in the nature of foul deeds to delight in darkness . The above translation , however ...
... kind or degree of silliness ; trifling ; folly . " Alitur vitium , vivitque tegendo . Lat . VIRGIL .- " Vice thrives and lives by concealment . " It is in the nature of foul deeds to delight in darkness . The above translation , however ...
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... kind of wickedness , has no wish whatever to do so . " Anglice . Lat .- " In English , according to the English fashion . " Anguillam cauda tenes . Lat . prov .- " You hold an eel by the tail . " You are engaged with an active and ...
... kind of wickedness , has no wish whatever to do so . " Anglice . Lat .- " In English , according to the English fashion . " Anguillam cauda tenes . Lat . prov .- " You hold an eel by the tail . " You are engaged with an active and ...
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... kind of shop for the sale of oracles ] . " The Roman Catholics make use of an expression somewhat similar to the " assisto divinis " of Horace : they say that they " assist at mass , " that is , they A NEW DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS . 39.
... kind of shop for the sale of oracles ] . " The Roman Catholics make use of an expression somewhat similar to the " assisto divinis " of Horace : they say that they " assist at mass , " that is , they A NEW DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS . 39.
Common terms and phrases
aetas amor ancient animus applied atque bien C'est called caprina 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 HORACE.-"The human Ital JUVENAL king labor Latin Law maxim learned live LORD LUCAN 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 sibi signify sine soul speak sunt TACITUS TERENCE term thing thou tibi truth vice VIRGIL virtue vita wise word writ writing
Popular passages
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 201 - HIIMANO capiti cervicem pictor equinam Jungere si velit, et varias inducere plumas Undique collatis membris, ut turpiter atrum Desinat in piscem mulier formosa superne, Spectatum admissi risum teneatis, amici...
Page 147 - Est brevitate opus, ut currat sententia neu se Impediat verbis lassas...
Page 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!
Page 235 - Je suis oiseau, voyez mes ailes— Je suis souris, vivent les rats!
Page 227 - Inter spem curamque, timores inter et iras, Omnem crede diem tibi diluxisse supremum : Grata superveniet quae non sperabitur hora.
Page 437 - Spiritus intus alit: totamque infusa per artus ' Mens agitat molem, et magno se corpore miscet ' Inde hominum pecudumque genus vitaeque volantum ' Et quae marmoreo fert monstra sub aequore pontus.
Page 32 - The place of fame and elegy supply : And many a holy text around she strews That teach the rustic moralist to die. For who, to dumb forgetfulness a prey, This pleasing anxious being e'er...
Page 201 - ... huic versatile ingenium sic pariter ad omnia fuit, ut natum ad id unum diceres quodcumque ageret...