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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... means to be despised as far as quotations go . What could be better , e.g. , than Statius ( Theb . 2 , 489 ) , O cæca nocentum consilia ! O semper timidum scelus ! or the Grave pondus illum magna nobilitas premit of Seneca ( Troad . 491 ) ...
... means to be despised as far as quotations go . What could be better , e.g. , than Statius ( Theb . 2 , 489 ) , O cæca nocentum consilia ! O semper timidum scelus ! or the Grave pondus illum magna nobilitas premit of Seneca ( Troad . 491 ) ...
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... means a common attainment even in the case of the most familiar passages . And the more familiar the passage , the more commonly is it , in many cases , misquoted . Inaccuracies of this kind are repeated and become stereotyped . The ...
... means a common attainment even in the case of the most familiar passages . And the more familiar the passage , the more commonly is it , in many cases , misquoted . Inaccuracies of this kind are repeated and become stereotyped . The ...
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... means that author , or passage ( or both ) , are uncertain . See p . i . at the bottom , and p . viii . and note . The first words of a quotation beginning with the end of a line of poetry are , in order to save space , frequently run ...
... means that author , or passage ( or both ) , are uncertain . See p . i . at the bottom , and p . viii . and note . The first words of a quotation beginning with the end of a line of poetry are , in order to save space , frequently run ...
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... mean nothing ! there be no ugly meaning in it ! I pray 24. Abstineto a fabis . ( L . ) - Abstain from beans . I.e. , keep clear of elections : where , as at Athens , the election of public magistrates was balloted for with beans . 25 ...
... mean nothing ! there be no ugly meaning in it ! I pray 24. Abstineto a fabis . ( L . ) - Abstain from beans . I.e. , keep clear of elections : where , as at Athens , the election of public magistrates was balloted for with beans . 25 ...
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... mean- ing . When Edward II . was a prisoner at Berkeley Castle , the queen ( Isabella ) sent the following message ( said to be written by Orleton , Bishop of Hereford ) to the king's gaolers : Edwardum occidere nolite timere bonum est ...
... mean- ing . When Edward II . was a prisoner at Berkeley Castle , the queen ( Isabella ) sent the following message ( said to be written by Orleton , Bishop of Hereford ) to the king's gaolers : Edwardum occidere nolite timere bonum est ...
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