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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... faulty accents , faulty references , and mistranslations , The whole book has in this way been submitted to a thorough revision from beginning to end , so that I should hope that the errata still remaining are exceedingly few .
... faulty accents , faulty references , and mistranslations , The whole book has in this way been submitted to a thorough revision from beginning to end , so that I should hope that the errata still remaining are exceedingly few .
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Undaunted , keen : where Hope or Passion called He'd fight , nor ever sheathe the murderous sword . To push advantage , follow up his star ( If Fortune smiled ) , and overturn all odds That kept him from the prize - such was his plan ...
Undaunted , keen : where Hope or Passion called He'd fight , nor ever sheathe the murderous sword . To push advantage , follow up his star ( If Fortune smiled ) , and overturn all odds That kept him from the prize - such was his plan ...
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While a sick man has life , it is said that there is hope . 116. Ægyptum quam mihi laudabas , Serviane charissime , totam didici levem pendulam et ad omnia famæ momenta volitantem . Genus hominum seditiosissimum vanissimum ...
While a sick man has life , it is said that there is hope . 116. Ægyptum quam mihi laudabas , Serviane charissime , totam didici levem pendulam et ad omnia famæ momenta volitantem . Genus hominum seditiosissimum vanissimum ...
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0 , when this cankering rust , this greed of gain , Has touched the soul and wrought into its grain , What hope that poets will produce such lines As cedar - oil embalms , and cypress shrines ? —Conington . 390.
0 , when this cankering rust , this greed of gain , Has touched the soul and wrought into its grain , What hope that poets will produce such lines As cedar - oil embalms , and cypress shrines ? —Conington . 390.
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( L . ) — Yet hope is not broken . Motto of Earl of Hopetoun . 407. Attendez à la nuit pour dire que le jour a été beau . ( Fr. ) Prov . ( Brittany ) . --Wait till night before you say whether the day has been fine or not . 108.
( L . ) — Yet hope is not broken . Motto of Earl of Hopetoun . 407. Attendez à la nuit pour dire que le jour a été beau . ( Fr. ) Prov . ( Brittany ) . --Wait till night before you say whether the day has been fine or not . 108.
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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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