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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... poet VIRGIL ] must attempt a way , must strike out into a path , method , by which I may raise myself from the ground , by which may rise into celebrity [ as other poets have done ] , by which I may soar aloft . " " " Alias . Lat ...
... poet VIRGIL ] must attempt a way , must strike out into a path , method , by which I may raise myself from the ground , by which may rise into celebrity [ as other poets have done ] , by which I may soar aloft . " " " Alias . Lat ...
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... poet to the alliance which should exist between Art and Genius . It is sometimes used , how- ever , to describe combinations of a different nature . Alterum lumen Angliæ . Lat .- " The other light , luminary , of England . " A phrase at ...
... poet to the alliance which should exist between Art and Genius . It is sometimes used , how- ever , to describe combinations of a different nature . Alterum lumen Angliæ . Lat .- " The other light , luminary , of England . " A phrase at ...
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... poet speaks of two contending shep- herds . The quotation is applied , however , to disputants of another de- scription , either to intimate that they are closely matched , or that they are playing , as the phrase is , into each other's ...
... poet speaks of two contending shep- herds . The quotation is applied , however , to disputants of another de- scription , either to intimate that they are closely matched , or that they are playing , as the phrase is , into each other's ...
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... Poet ; and he is now , in consequence , trying his hand at making verses . Aut navis , aut galerus . Lat . prov .- " Either a ship or a fur cap , hat , beaver . " Something , if you could but tell what . ' Tis either a hare or a brake ...
... Poet ; and he is now , in consequence , trying his hand at making verses . Aut navis , aut galerus . Lat . prov .- " Either a ship or a fur cap , hat , beaver . " Something , if you could but tell what . ' Tis either a hare or a brake ...
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... Poets . " Bois ont oreilles et champs oeillets . Fr. prov.- " Fields have eyes , and woods have ears . " Bombalio ... poet , a bad man . " The better workman , the worse husband . Bon soir . Fr .- " Good evening . " Bon vivant . Fr ...
... Poets . " Bois ont oreilles et champs oeillets . Fr. prov.- " Fields have eyes , and woods have ears . " Bombalio ... poet , a bad man . " The better workman , the worse husband . Bon soir . Fr .- " Good evening . " Bon vivant . Fr ...
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...