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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Page i
Besides corrections of this kind , the Indexes have been entirely rewritten and enlarged , and , as regards the Subject Index , put into more literary shape . In the original Subject Index , sayings of a cognate kind were grouped under ...
Besides corrections of this kind , the Indexes have been entirely rewritten and enlarged , and , as regards the Subject Index , put into more literary shape . In the original Subject Index , sayings of a cognate kind were grouped under ...
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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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When , however , the number of quotations included in the work is taken into account ( many of them having never before appeared in any collection of the kind ) , it will not be a matter of surprise that some failure in this respect ...
When , however , the number of quotations included in the work is taken into account ( many of them having never before appeared in any collection of the kind ) , it will not be a matter of surprise that some failure in this respect ...
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Taking the various works of the kind that have appeared since Mr Macdonnel's Dictionary of 1796 , I have not found any editor deigning to furnish his book with these necessary particulars , which assuredly constitute its chief value as ...
Taking the various works of the kind that have appeared since Mr Macdonnel's Dictionary of 1796 , I have not found any editor deigning to furnish his book with these necessary particulars , which assuredly constitute its chief value as ...
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Nothing is gained by the change , neither in the way of beauty , and , still less , in truth , and this , it must be felt , is the principle that should guide any one attempting a compilation of the kind — exactness , accuracy , truth .
Nothing is gained by the change , neither in the way of beauty , and , still less , in truth , and this , it must be felt , is the principle that should guide any one attempting a compilation of the kind — exactness , accuracy , truth .
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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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