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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1 - 5 találat összesen 60 találatból.
5. oldal
... truth of this proverb , A beau mentir qui vient de loin : that is to say , He who comes from afar may lie with impunity , without fear of contra- diction , as he is sure of being listened to with the utmost attention . Travelers , they ...
... truth of this proverb , A beau mentir qui vient de loin : that is to say , He who comes from afar may lie with impunity , without fear of contra- diction , as he is sure of being listened to with the utmost attention . Travelers , they ...
14. oldal
... truths . " Ad internecionem . Lat.- " They hold their own .— “ To universal slaughter - e'en to the death . " " The Ministers proposed to tax Cape 14 A NEW DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS . shall be injured through the act of God." ...
... truths . " Ad internecionem . Lat.- " They hold their own .— “ To universal slaughter - e'en to the death . " " The Ministers proposed to tax Cape 14 A NEW DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS . shall be injured through the act of God." ...
25. oldal
... truth : An they will take it , so ; if not , he's plain . ' " " King Lear , Act 2 , sc . 2 . Alter remus aquas , alter mihi radat arenas . Lat . PROPERTIUS . - “ Let me strike the water with one oar , and with the other scrape the sands ...
... truth : An they will take it , so ; if not , he's plain . ' " " King Lear , Act 2 , sc . 2 . Alter remus aquas , alter mihi radat arenas . Lat . PROPERTIUS . - “ Let me strike the water with one oar , and with the other scrape the sands ...
28. oldal
... Truth is more my friend . " By this quotation the speaker or writer intimates that he is not without his personal feelings and attachments , but that nothing can make him swerve from the sacred interests of truth . Amicus usque ad aras ...
... Truth is more my friend . " By this quotation the speaker or writer intimates that he is not without his personal feelings and attachments , but that nothing can make him swerve from the sacred interests of truth . Amicus usque ad aras ...
39. oldal
... truth , leaves a sharp sting behind it . " This experi- ment is always dangerous ; but particularly when the shaft is leveled against high authorities . Asperius nihil est humili cum surgit in altum . Lat . CLAUDIAN . " Nothing is more ...
... truth , leaves a sharp sting behind it . " This experi- ment is always dangerous ; but particularly when the shaft is leveled against high authorities . Asperius nihil est humili cum surgit in altum . Lat . CLAUDIAN . " Nothing is more ...
Gyakori szavak és kifejezések
affect ancient appear applied bear become better body called cause character comes common Compare court danger death equal existence expression fear feel follow fortune French frequently give given Greek hand happy head heart honor hope HORACE human Ital Italy judge kind king labor land learned live look LORD manner matter maxim means mind nature never object once one's opinion original OVID pass PERSIUS person phrase PLAUTUS pleasure poet present prov quae quam quid quod reason Roman SENECA sense signify sometimes speak TERENCE term thing thou true truth vice VIRGIL virtue whole wise wish 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.
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...