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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The former will find the quotation at once in its regular shape ; the latter , after finding in the Index the incorrect form in which he has commonly heard the line cited . The total of quotations of all kinds contained in the volume is ...
The former will find the quotation at once in its regular shape ; the latter , after finding in the Index the incorrect form in which he has commonly heard the line cited . The total of quotations of all kinds contained in the volume is ...
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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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A man renews his youth in this way as he lingers , not perhaps without emotion , over the once familiar lines with all their varied associations in the past , and , having once dipped into the book , may be tempted to do so again .
A man renews his youth in this way as he lingers , not perhaps without emotion , over the once familiar lines with all their varied associations in the past , and , having once dipped into the book , may be tempted to do so again .
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The uniformity of nature furnishes a ground of induction , upon which we may conclude that a similar condition of things being given , what has happened once will happen again . In the same way a man's habits afford presumption for the ...
The uniformity of nature furnishes a ground of induction , upon which we may conclude that a similar condition of things being given , what has happened once will happen again . In the same way a man's habits afford presumption for the ...
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( L. ) Plaut . As . 1 , 3 , 34. - Every man is naturally alive to his own interests . 108. Ad tristem partem strenua est suspicio . ( L. ) Pub . Syr . ? -One is keen to suspect quarters from which we have once received hurt . 109.
( L. ) Plaut . As . 1 , 3 , 34. - Every man is naturally alive to his own interests . 108. Ad tristem partem strenua est suspicio . ( L. ) Pub . Syr . ? -One is keen to suspect quarters from which we have once received hurt . 109.
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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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