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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If the quotation be in the form of a dependent sentence in the original , so must he leave it , and not think to exchange infinitive for indicative , or third person for first , in order to suit the exigencies of his readers , or put ...
If the quotation be in the form of a dependent sentence in the original , so must he leave it , and not think to exchange infinitive for indicative , or third person for first , in order to suit the exigencies of his readers , or put ...
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A personal right of action expires with the death of the person concerned . Thus , in Osborne v . Gillett , Lord Bramwell held that a father might bring an action for negligence , whereby his daughter was killed but Chief Baron Kelly ...
A personal right of action expires with the death of the person concerned . Thus , in Osborne v . Gillett , Lord Bramwell held that a father might bring an action for negligence , whereby his daughter was killed but Chief Baron Kelly ...
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Is it possible a man can be so changed Ter . by love , that one would not know him for the same person ? 71. Ad eundem . ( L . ) - To the same degree . A graduate of one university is permitted to enjoy the same degree at another ...
Is it possible a man can be so changed Ter . by love , that one would not know him for the same person ? 71. Ad eundem . ( L . ) - To the same degree . A graduate of one university is permitted to enjoy the same degree at another ...
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Some men attain power by their great legal abilities , some by their eloquence , some by military achievements ; but he was a person of such versatile talents , and so equally adapted for any and every pursuit , that let him be doing ...
Some men attain power by their great legal abilities , some by their eloquence , some by military achievements ; but he was a person of such versatile talents , and so equally adapted for any and every pursuit , that let him be doing ...
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If you will go on painting the devil on the walls , it will end by his appearing in person . It is one way to hasten disasters to be always talking of them . 142. A fortiori . ( L . ) — With greater reason ; all the more .
If you will go on painting the devil on the walls , it will end by his appearing in person . It is one way to hasten disasters to be always talking of them . 142. A fortiori . ( L . ) — With greater reason ; all the more .
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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.
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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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