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... fortune of his article . In these pages the novelist should be able to find a striking verse to head his chapter , the raconteur add to his bons mots , the man of the world enrich his stock of maxims , the divine obtain some deep ...
... fortune of his article . In these pages the novelist should be able to find a striking verse to head his chapter , the raconteur add to his bons mots , the man of the world enrich his stock of maxims , the divine obtain some deep ...
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... fortune comes to people while they are asleep . 2. Ab abusu ad usum non valet consequentia . ( L. ) Law Max . - The abuse of anything is no argument against its proper use . 3. Ab actu ad posse valet illatio . ( L . ) - From what has ...
... fortune comes to people while they are asleep . 2. Ab abusu ad usum non valet consequentia . ( L. ) Law Max . - The abuse of anything is no argument against its proper use . 3. Ab actu ad posse valet illatio . ( L . ) - From what has ...
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... Fortune smiled ) , and overturn all odds That kept him from the prize - such was his plan : Pleased at the ruins that bestrewed his way . -Ed . 40. Acheruntis pabulum . for Acheron . do - weel . ( L. ) Plaut . Cas . 2 , 1 , 12. - Food A ...
... Fortune smiled ) , and overturn all odds That kept him from the prize - such was his plan : Pleased at the ruins that bestrewed his way . -Ed . 40. Acheruntis pabulum . for Acheron . do - weel . ( L. ) Plaut . Cas . 2 , 1 , 12. - Food A ...
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... fortune . 152. Ah miser ! Quanta laborabas Charybdi , Digne puer meliore flamma . ( L. ) Hor . C. 1 , 27 , 28 . An unfortunate liaison . That wild Charybdis yours ? Poor youth ! O , you deserved a better flame . - Conington . 153. Ah ...
... fortune . 152. Ah miser ! Quanta laborabas Charybdi , Digne puer meliore flamma . ( L. ) Hor . C. 1 , 27 , 28 . An unfortunate liaison . That wild Charybdis yours ? Poor youth ! O , you deserved a better flame . - Conington . 153. Ah ...
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... fortune for his fiddler . Prosperity lightens the heels as well as the heart . 385. Assez dure . ( Fr . ) - Hard enough . Motto of Ironmongers ' Company . 386. Assumpsit . ( L. ) Law Term . - He undertook . A claim of damages sustained ...
... fortune for his fiddler . Prosperity lightens the heels as well as the heart . 385. Assez dure . ( Fr . ) - Hard enough . Motto of Ironmongers ' Company . 386. Assumpsit . ( L. ) Law Term . - He undertook . A claim of damages sustained ...
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Page 377 - When lovely woman stoops to folly, And finds too late that men betray ; What charm can soothe her melancholy, What art can wash her guilt away ? The only art her guilt to cover, To hide her shame from every eye, To give repentance to her lover, And wring his bosom — is to die.
Page 79 - Ce que l'on conçoit bien s'énonce clairement , Et les mots pour le dire arrivent aisément.
Page 183 - Good name in man and woman, dear my lord, Is the immediate jewel of their souls : Who steals my purse, steals trash ; 'tis something, nothing ; 'Twas mine, 'tis his, and has been slave to thousands : But he that filches from me my good name Robs me of that which not enriches him, And makes me poor indeed, Oth.
Page 31 - Was vernünftig ist, das ist wirklich; und was wirklich ist, das ist vernünftig.
Page 78 - Celui qui met un frein à la fureur des flots Sait aussi des méchants arrêter les complots. Soumis avec respect à sa volonté sainte, Je crains Dieu, cher Abner, et n'ai point d'autre crainte Cependant je rends grâce au zèle officieux Qui sur tous mes périls vous fait ouvrir les yeux.
Page 299 - Les vertus se perdent dans l'intérêt, comme les fleuves se perdent dans la mer.
Page 490 - If on my theme I rightly think, There are five reasons why men drink: Good wine, a friend, because I 'm dry, Or least I should be by and by, Or any other reason why.
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Page 298 - Les rivières sont des chemins qui marchent et qui portent où l'on veut aller.