A new dictionary of quotations from the Greek, Latin, and modern languages, tr. by the author of 'Live and learn'.1859 |
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5. oldal
... means , from the former , from the cause to the effect : " A posteriori " means , from the latter , from the effect to the cause . These are phrases , which are used in logical argument , to denote a reference to its different modes ...
... means , from the former , from the cause to the effect : " A posteriori " means , from the latter , from the effect to the cause . These are phrases , which are used in logical argument , to denote a reference to its different modes ...
7. oldal
... means , From the egg to the apples , in allusion to the custom among the Romans of beginning their dinner or supper with eggs , and finishing with apples . WE use the ex- pression to signify , From the beginning to the end of anything ...
... means , From the egg to the apples , in allusion to the custom among the Romans of beginning their dinner or supper with eggs , and finishing with apples . WE use the ex- pression to signify , From the beginning to the end of anything ...
13. oldal
... means or implements which have become use- less through failure , or from our having been anticipated or disappointed in our views . Adjutant . " One who assists the major of a regiment , and hence formerly called aid - major ...
... means or implements which have become use- less through failure , or from our having been anticipated or disappointed in our views . Adjutant . " One who assists the major of a regiment , and hence formerly called aid - major ...
15. oldal
... means the least , the modest , unpretending , and straightforward Lander , much still remains to be done to complete the geography even of Northern Africa ; and as to the southern part of this continent , it continues to exhibit almost ...
... means the least , the modest , unpretending , and straightforward Lander , much still remains to be done to complete the geography even of Northern Africa ; and as to the southern part of this continent , it continues to exhibit almost ...
18. oldal
... means , change our plans if need be , to attain our end . The original passage runs thus : - Tentanda via est , qua me quoque possim , Tollere humo . " I too [ I , the poet VIRGIL ] must attempt a way , must strike out into a path ...
... means , change our plans if need be , to attain our end . The original passage runs thus : - Tentanda via est , qua me quoque possim , Tollere humo . " I too [ I , the poet VIRGIL ] must attempt a way , must strike out into a path ...
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A New Dictionary of Quotations from the Greek, Latin, and Modern Languages ... Greek Nincs elérhető előnézet - 2018 |
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aetas ancient animus applied atque bien C'est called character CICERO CLAUDIAN Compare SHAKSPERE CORNELIUS NEPOS court death dicere everything evil expression facit fear feel folly fool fortune Fr.-The French genius give Greek happy homines homme honour HORACE HORACE.-"The human Ital JUVENAL king labour Latin Law maxim learned live LORD LUCAN LUCRETIUS magna mali manner matter means mihi mind motto Multa nature Nemo never Nihil nisi nulla omnes omnia one's OVID passion PERSIUS person PHAEDRUS philosopher phrase PLAUTUS pleasure poet potest prov proverb PUBLIUS SYRUS quae quam quid QUINTILIAN quod quotation rebus rerum risum ROCHEFOUCAULT Roman saepe SALLUST semper SENECA sense sibi signify sine soul speaking sunt TACITUS TERENCE term things thou tibi vice VIRGIL virtue vita wise word writ writing دو وو
Népszerű szakaszok
180. 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!
49. oldal - Of every hearer; for it so falls out That what we have we prize not to the worth Whiles we enjoy it, but being lack'd and lost, Why, then we rack the value, then we find The virtue that possession would not show us Whiles it was ours.
3. 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.
143. oldal - Est brevitate opus, ut currat sententia neu se Impediat verbis lassas...
406. oldal - Caelum non animum mutant qui trans mare currunt. Strenua nos exercet inertia : navibus atque Quadrigis petimus bene vivere. Quod petis hic est, Est Ulubris, animus si te non deficit aequus.
427. oldal - He hath put down the mighty from their seat : and hath exalted the humble and meek.
98. oldal - 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.
21. 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.
229. oldal - Je suis oiseau, voyez mes ailes— Je suis souris, vivent les rats!
116. 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.