A New Dictionary of Quotations from the Greek, Latin, and Modern LanguagesJ. B. Lippincott & Company, 1869 - 527 oldal |
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11. oldal
... senses have left him . Absit invidia . Lat .- " All envy apart . " Without being supposed to speak invidiously , enviously . N.B. The full expression , which occurs in LIvy , is , “ Absit verbo invidia , " that is , Take it not ill ...
... senses have left him . Absit invidia . Lat .- " All envy apart . " Without being supposed to speak invidiously , enviously . N.B. The full expression , which occurs in LIvy , is , “ Absit verbo invidia , " that is , Take it not ill ...
23. oldal
... senses , and besiege me round . ” Aliena negotia curo , excussus propriis . Lat . HORACE .- " I at- tend to other men's business , having none of my own to occupy me . " PUBLIUS SYRUS . - The quotation is used to mark an idle obtruder ...
... senses , and besiege me round . ” Aliena negotia curo , excussus propriis . Lat . HORACE .- " I at- tend to other men's business , having none of my own to occupy me . " PUBLIUS SYRUS . - The quotation is used to mark an idle obtruder ...
24. oldal
... sense to serve my turn in store , And he's a humbug who pretends to more : Care I whate'er those book - learned blockheads say ? Solon's the veriest fool - can one say nay ? " " ' Aliquis malo sit usus ab illo . Lat .- " Some use or ...
... sense to serve my turn in store , And he's a humbug who pretends to more : Care I whate'er those book - learned blockheads say ? Solon's the veriest fool - can one say nay ? " " ' Aliquis malo sit usus ab illo . Lat .- " Some use or ...
26. oldal
... sense seems to fix it there : but there occurs to me a still more plausible one ; the termination anth is so obviously the Gr . avvos [ anthos ] , flower , that I rather suspect the etymology to stand thus : a , privative [ that is ...
... sense seems to fix it there : but there occurs to me a still more plausible one ; the termination anth is so obviously the Gr . avvos [ anthos ] , flower , that I rather suspect the etymology to stand thus : a , privative [ that is ...
29. oldal
... sense different from its ordinary import , meaning ] is taken from the potter's wheel . quotation is applied to those who , having promised a magnificent work , produced in the end something inadequate , and perhaps contemptible ...
... sense different from its ordinary import , meaning ] is taken from the potter's wheel . quotation is applied to those who , having promised a magnificent work , produced in the end something inadequate , and perhaps contemptible ...
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aetas amor ancient animus applied atque bien C'est called 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 human Ital JUVENAL king labor Latin Law maxim learned live Lord LUCAN LUCRETIUS 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 SHAKSPEARE sibi signify sine soul Span speak sunt TACITUS TERENCE term thing thou tibi truth vice VIRGIL virtue vita wise word writ writing
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120. oldal - 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.
25. oldal - 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.
184. oldal - 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!
131. oldal - Live while you live, the Epicure would say, And seize the pleasures of the present day. Live while you live, the sacred Preacher cries, And give to God each moment as it flies.
147. oldal - Est brevitate opus, ut currat sententia neu se Impediat verbis lassas...
235. oldal - Je suis oiseau, voyez mes ailes— Je suis souris, vivent les rats!
227. oldal - Inter spem curamque, timores inter et iras, Omnem crede diem tibi diluxisse supremum : Grata superveniet quae non sperabitur hora.
327. oldal - O Thou whose power o'er moving worlds presides, Whose voice created, and whose wisdom guides, On darkling man in pure effulgence shine, And cheer the clouded mind with light divine. Tis thine alone to calm the pious breast, With silent confidence and holy rest : From thee, great God ! we spring, to thee we tend, Path, motive, guide, original, and end...
160. oldal - The gates of hell are open night and day ; Smooth the descent, and easy is the way : But, to return, and view the cheerful skies — In this the task and mighty labour lies.
7. oldal - Wednesday. Doth he feel it? no. Doth he hear it? no. 'Tis insensible, then? Yea, to the dead. But will it not live with the living? no. Why? detraction will not suffer it. Therefore I'll none of • it. Honour is a mere scutcheon : and so ends my catechism.