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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In such cases of this kind as appeared in the former edition , some critics were remarkably severe upon the book , charging it with fatuity and perverseness , not to speak of other accusations . But the reason is obvious enough .
In such cases of this kind as appeared in the former edition , some critics were remarkably severe upon the book , charging it with fatuity and perverseness , not to speak of other accusations . But the reason is obvious enough .
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Of other and more deliberate misrepresentations of classic authors it is hard to speak with patience . When a well - known line of Juvenal , or a beautiful passage in the Georgics , is " slightly altered ” to suit the taste of the ...
Of other and more deliberate misrepresentations of classic authors it is hard to speak with patience . When a well - known line of Juvenal , or a beautiful passage in the Georgics , is " slightly altered ” to suit the taste of the ...
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... Facilis descensus Averni , At revocare gradum superasque evadere ad auras , Hic labor , hoc opus est . Virg . " where a whole line is omitted between the first and second of the quotation , and the last line misquoted , not to speak ...
... Facilis descensus Averni , At revocare gradum superasque evadere ad auras , Hic labor , hoc opus est . Virg . " where a whole line is omitted between the first and second of the quotation , and the last line misquoted , not to speak ...
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As the Greeks had no Kalends , the phrase is used of anything that can never possibly take place . According to Suetonius the saying was often in the mouth of Augustus in speaking of the probability of his paying his creditors .
As the Greeks had no Kalends , the phrase is used of anything that can never possibly take place . According to Suetonius the saying was often in the mouth of Augustus in speaking of the probability of his paying his creditors .
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Justinus ( 41 , 3 , 9 ) , speaking of the Parthians , describes them as in libidinem projecti , in cibum parci ( immoderate in gratifying their sexual passions , sparing in the use of food ) . 94. Adornare verbis benefacta .
Justinus ( 41 , 3 , 9 ) , speaking of the Parthians , describes them as in libidinem projecti , in cibum parci ( immoderate in gratifying their sexual passions , sparing in the use of food ) . 94. Adornare verbis benefacta .
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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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