Classical and Foreign Quotations,law Terms and Maxims,proverbs,mottoes,phrases,and Expressions in French,German,Greek,Italian,Latin,Spanish,and Portuguese |
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... . Abundant dulcibus vitiis . ( L. ) Quint . 10 , 1 , 129. - They abound in seductive faults . Said of any one whose very errors are charming . 27. Ab uno ad omnes . ( L . ) ABUNDANT . 11 18. Absente auxilio perquirimus undique frustra, ...
... . Abundant dulcibus vitiis . ( L. ) Quint . 10 , 1 , 129. - They abound in seductive faults . Said of any one whose very errors are charming . 27. Ab uno ad omnes . ( L . ) ABUNDANT . 11 18. Absente auxilio perquirimus undique frustra, ...
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... omnes . Now listen while my tongue declares The tale you ask of Danaan snares , And gather from a single charge Their catalogue of crimes at large . — Conington . ( L. ) Virg . A. 2 , 65 . You may judge of the defendant's character from ...
... omnes . Now listen while my tongue declares The tale you ask of Danaan snares , And gather from a single charge Their catalogue of crimes at large . — Conington . ( L. ) Virg . A. 2 , 65 . You may judge of the defendant's character from ...
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... Omne capax movet urna nomen . ( L. ) Hor . C. 3 , 1 , 15 . Even - handed Fate Hath but one law for small and great : That ample urn holds all men's names . - Calverley . 122. Equam memento rebus in arduis Servare mentem , non secus in ...
... Omne capax movet urna nomen . ( L. ) Hor . C. 3 , 1 , 15 . Even - handed Fate Hath but one law for small and great : That ample urn holds all men's names . - Calverley . 122. Equam memento rebus in arduis Servare mentem , non secus in ...
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... omne , quicquid optando venit . ( L. ) Pub . Syr . ap . Sen. Ep . 8. - Anything which comes to you according to your wishes cannot be called your own . 194A . Alii ventosis follibus auras Excipiunt redduntque ; alii stridentia tingunt ...
... omne , quicquid optando venit . ( L. ) Pub . Syr . ap . Sen. Ep . 8. - Anything which comes to you according to your wishes cannot be called your own . 194A . Alii ventosis follibus auras Excipiunt redduntque ; alii stridentia tingunt ...
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... frog would bite if it had teeth . 276. Anch ' io sono pittore ! ( It . ) — I too am a painter ! Exclamation of Correggio before the St Cecilia of Raphael at Bologna . 277. An dives sit omnes quærunt , nemo an bonus ANCH ' IO . 37.
... frog would bite if it had teeth . 276. Anch ' io sono pittore ! ( It . ) — I too am a painter ! Exclamation of Correggio before the St Cecilia of Raphael at Bologna . 277. An dives sit omnes quærunt , nemo an bonus ANCH ' IO . 37.
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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.
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Page 135 - Praecipue cum se numeris commendat et arte : Discit enim citius meminitque libentius illud Quod quis deridet, quam quod probat et veneratur.
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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 |
| Author | William Francis Henry King |
| Compiled by | William Francis Henry King |
| Publisher | Whitaker & Sons, 1887 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 19 Mar 2008 |
| Length | 608 pages |
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