Classical and Foreign Quotations: Law Terms and Maxims, Proverbs, Mottoes, Phrases, and Expressions in French, German, Greek, Italian, Latin, Spanish, and Portuguese. With Translations, References, Explanatory Notes, and Indexes |
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As this is a book of quotations , I may be allowed to begin at once by citing a remark of Professor Skeat , which seems peculiarly pertinent to the matter in hand . He says ( Notes and Queries , 6th ser . , vol . ix . , p .
As this is a book of quotations , I may be allowed to begin at once by citing a remark of Professor Skeat , which seems peculiarly pertinent to the matter in hand . He says ( Notes and Queries , 6th ser . , vol . ix . , p .
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In the first place it has too much Latin , while , on the other hand , modern languages are not sufficiently represented . Of Portuguese , for instance , there is , as analysts would say , a " trace ; " of Spanish hardly more .
In the first place it has too much Latin , while , on the other hand , modern languages are not sufficiently represented . Of Portuguese , for instance , there is , as analysts would say , a " trace ; " of Spanish hardly more .
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a nearly twice as frequently as German ; while the current sayings in Greek might almost be counted on the fingers of one hand . With regard also to the translations , I could have wished to see the work better turned out , particularly ...
a nearly twice as frequently as German ; while the current sayings in Greek might almost be counted on the fingers of one hand . With regard also to the translations , I could have wished to see the work better turned out , particularly ...
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( L. ) Plaut . f - He carries a stone in one hand , and shows you bread in the other . 222. Alter ego . ( L . ) — A second self . Said of intimate friends . Cf. the Greek , o ếtaipos , étepos éyó . Clem . Al . 450.
( L. ) Plaut . f - He carries a stone in one hand , and shows you bread in the other . 222. Alter ego . ( L . ) — A second self . Said of intimate friends . Cf. the Greek , o ếtaipos , étepos éyó . Clem . Al . 450.
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Do you not know that kings have far - reaching hands ? It is hard to get out of their clutches . The ramifications of the machinery of State are so widely extended as to be able to track an offender on a distant shore . 300.
Do you not know that kings have far - reaching hands ? It is hard to get out of their clutches . The ramifications of the machinery of State are so widely extended as to be able to track an offender on a distant shore . 300.
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| Title | Classical and Foreign Quotations: Law Terms and Maxims, Proverbs, Mottoes, Phrases, and Expressions in French, German, Greek, Italian, Latin, Spanish, and Portuguese. With Translations, References, Explanatory Notes, and Indexes |
| Author | William Francis Henry King |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | Thomas Whittaker, 1889 |
| Original from | Michigan State University |
| Digitized | 16 Aug 2013 |
| Length | 624 pages |
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