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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Page 168
... risum Excutiat sibi , non hic cuiquam parcet amico . Lat . HORACE .-- " He has hay on his horn [ he is a dangerous creature ] , keep at a respectful distance from him ; inasmuch as if he can but excite a little laughter , he will not ...
... risum Excutiat sibi , non hic cuiquam parcet amico . Lat . HORACE .-- " He has hay on his horn [ he is a dangerous creature ] , keep at a respectful distance from him ; inasmuch as if he can but excite a little laughter , he will not ...
Page 201
... risum teneatis , amici ? Credite , Pisones , isti tabulae fore librum Persimilem , cujus , velut aegri somnia , vanae Fingentur species , ut nec pes , nec caput uni Reddatur formae . Lat . HORACE.- " Should a painter take it into his ...
... risum teneatis , amici ? Credite , Pisones , isti tabulae fore librum Persimilem , cujus , velut aegri somnia , vanae Fingentur species , ut nec pes , nec caput uni Reddatur formae . Lat . HORACE.- " Should a painter take it into his ...
Page 282
... risum furtivis nudata coloribus . Lat . HORACE . " The jackdaw , divested of her borrowed plumes , becomes the jest of the whole world , provokes our laughter . " No object is more ridiculous than the plagiarist when deprived of his ...
... risum furtivis nudata coloribus . Lat . HORACE . " The jackdaw , divested of her borrowed plumes , becomes the jest of the whole world , provokes our laughter . " No object is more ridiculous than the plagiarist when deprived of his ...
Page 351
... risum poteris cognoscere stultum . Lat .- " By his incessant laughter , you will always be able to discover , distinguish , a fool . " Habitual indulgence in laughter betrays a weak mind . Per plures . Lat .- " By a majority , the ...
... risum poteris cognoscere stultum . Lat .- " By his incessant laughter , you will always be able to discover , distinguish , a fool . " Habitual indulgence in laughter betrays a weak mind . Per plures . Lat .- " By a majority , the ...
Page 360
... risum dum captant levem , Lat . PHAEDRus.- - Gravi destringunt alios contumelia , Et sibi nocivum concitant periculum . " In their endeavors to have a laugh at others , fools often indulge in the most insulting conduct , and by such ...
... risum dum captant levem , Lat . PHAEDRus.- - Gravi destringunt alios contumelia , Et sibi nocivum concitant periculum . " In their endeavors to have a laugh at others , fools often indulge in the most insulting conduct , and by such ...
Common terms and phrases
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 HORACE.-"The 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 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...