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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... reason . " If a weak man be dangerous , it follows , a fortiori , that a weak and bad man must be more dangerous . A fronte praecipitium , a tergo lupi . Lat . prov.- - " A precipice in front of you , and wolves behind you , in your ...
... reason . " If a weak man be dangerous , it follows , a fortiori , that a weak and bad man must be more dangerous . A fronte praecipitium , a tergo lupi . Lat . prov.- - " A precipice in front of you , and wolves behind you , in your ...
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... reason . " A numine salus . Lat.— “ Salvation , health of body or mind , pro- tection , is from the Deity , from on high . " LORD MANSFIELD , being told of the above motto on the carriage of a very noted quack , thus translated it ...
... reason . " A numine salus . Lat.— “ Salvation , health of body or mind , pro- tection , is from the Deity , from on high . " LORD MANSFIELD , being told of the above motto on the carriage of a very noted quack , thus translated it ...
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... reason , for nothing . " A phrase used proverbially , when , in the course of conversation , one passes from one ... Reason or none . ' 22 A tort ou à raison . Fr.- " Reason or none . " A tous oiseaux leurs nids sont beaux . Fr. prov ...
... reason , for nothing . " A phrase used proverbially , when , in the course of conversation , one passes from one ... Reason or none . ' 22 A tort ou à raison . Fr.- " Reason or none . " A tous oiseaux leurs nids sont beaux . Fr. prov ...
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... reason should suffice To win you from the slippery route of vice , This powerful reason ; lest your sons pursue The guilty track , thus plainly marked by you ! For youth is facile , and its yielding will Receives , with fatal ease , the ...
... reason should suffice To win you from the slippery route of vice , This powerful reason ; lest your sons pursue The guilty track , thus plainly marked by you ! For youth is facile , and its yielding will Receives , with fatal ease , the ...
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... Reason for doubt , doubting . " Ambiguum pactum contra venditorem interpretandum est . Lat . Law maxim . " An ambiguous deed or contract is to be expounded against the seller or grantor . " Thus if a man has a warren in his lands , and ...
... Reason for doubt , doubting . " Ambiguum pactum contra venditorem interpretandum est . Lat . Law maxim . " An ambiguous deed or contract is to be expounded against the seller or grantor . " Thus if a man has a warren in his lands , and ...
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...