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 vii
When a well - known line of Juvenal , or a beautiful passage in the Georgics , is " slightly altered ” to suit the taste of the compiler , one is inclined to feel something more than amusement . Nothing is gained by the change , neither ...
When a well - known line of Juvenal , or a beautiful passage in the Georgics , is " slightly altered ” to suit the taste of the compiler , one is inclined to feel something more than amusement . Nothing is gained by the change , neither ...
Page ix
Of the former are well - known stories and allusions , such as Cato's story of the Augurs , or the Philip drunk and Philip sober incident - passages which are never repeated , of course , in any other tongue than one's own , and are not ...
Of the former are well - known stories and allusions , such as Cato's story of the Augurs , or the Philip drunk and Philip sober incident - passages which are never repeated , of course , in any other tongue than one's own , and are not ...
Page xi
While certain lines , again , and those , , not the least pointed , seem never so solemnly impressive as when they are not recited aloud , so much as murmured half inaudibly to one's self , and the taste of the finely - worded truth ...
While certain lines , again , and those , , not the least pointed , seem never so solemnly impressive as when they are not recited aloud , so much as murmured half inaudibly to one's self , and the taste of the finely - worded truth ...
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( L . ) - At pleasure ; without restraint , to one's heart's content . In music , it signifies that the “ time ” of the passage may be extended at will according to the taste of the performer , 86. Ad mala quisque animum referat sua .
( L . ) - At pleasure ; without restraint , to one's heart's content . In music , it signifies that the “ time ” of the passage may be extended at will according to the taste of the performer , 86. Ad mala quisque animum referat sua .
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Let us help one another to bear our burdens . 158. A Idos de mi casa , y que quereis con ... To love a haughty lady far above one's own rank , is to love , to one's sorrow , trouble and grief . 161. Ainsi que la vertu , le crime a ses ...
Let us help one another to bear our burdens . 158. A Idos de mi casa , y que quereis con ... To love a haughty lady far above one's own rank , is to love , to one's sorrow , trouble and grief . 161. Ainsi que la vertu , le crime a ses ...
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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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