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 WordJ.B. Lippincott & Company, 1869 - 528 oldal |
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6. oldal
... one's will ; with a bad grace . " A cuspide corona . Lat .- " A crown from the spear . " Honor ! earned by military exploits : in other words , by legally blowing one's fel- low - creatures ' brains out , or running them through . " If ...
... one's will ; with a bad grace . " A cuspide corona . Lat .- " A crown from the spear . " Honor ! earned by military exploits : in other words , by legally blowing one's fel- low - creatures ' brains out , or running them through . " If ...
7. oldal
... one's heart's content . " A haute voix . Fr .- " Loudly , openly . " A l'abri . Fr.- " Sheltered , under cover . " A l'aise marche à pied qui mène son cheval par la bride . prov .- " " Tis good to go on foot when a man hath a horse in ...
... one's heart's content . " A haute voix . Fr .- " Loudly , openly . " A l'abri . Fr.- " Sheltered , under cover . " A l'aise marche à pied qui mène son cheval par la bride . prov .- " " Tis good to go on foot when a man hath a horse in ...
8. oldal
... one's own convenience . " A la mode . Fr .- " In fashion ; in the fashion ; fashionably . " A longue corde tire qui d'autrui mort désire . Fr. prov.- " He who is anxious for the death of another has a long rope to pull . " He that waits ...
... one's own convenience . " A la mode . Fr .- " In fashion ; in the fashion ; fashionably . " A longue corde tire qui d'autrui mort désire . Fr. prov.- " He who is anxious for the death of another has a long rope to pull . " He that waits ...
9. oldal
... one's back ; in the rear . " A tort et à droit . Fr .- " Right or wrong . " A tort et à travers . Fr .- " At random ; without discretion ; with- out due consideration ; making a mull of a thing . " A tort ou à droit . Fr .- " Reason or ...
... one's back ; in the rear . " A tort et à droit . Fr .- " Right or wrong . " A tort et à travers . Fr .- " At random ; without discretion ; with- out due consideration ; making a mull of a thing . " A tort ou à droit . Fr .- " Reason or ...
11. oldal
... one's mark . " Abietibus juvenes patriis et montibus aequi . Lat . VIRGIL.- Youths , of height and size 66 Like firs , that on their mother - mountain rise . " May be applied to the Life - guards and Grenadiers . " " Abnormis sapiens ...
... one's mark . " Abietibus juvenes patriis et montibus aequi . Lat . VIRGIL.- Youths , of height and size 66 Like firs , that on their mother - mountain rise . " May be applied to the Life - guards and Grenadiers . " " Abnormis sapiens ...
Gyakori szavak és kifejezések
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
Népszerű szakaszok
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.
201. oldal - 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...
147. oldal - Est brevitate opus, ut currat sententia neu se Impediat verbis lassas...
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!
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.
437. oldal - 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.
32. oldal - 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...
201. oldal - ... huic versatile ingenium sic pariter ad omnia fuit, ut natum ad id unum diceres quodcumque ageret...