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... fortune of his article . 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 thought ...
... fortune of his article . 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 thought ...
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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 . ( L. ) Plaut . Cas . 2 , 1 , 12. - Food for Acheron . A vicious ...
... 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 . ( L. ) Plaut . Cas . 2 , 1 , 12. - Food for Acheron . A vicious ...
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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 152 - Now was the hour that wakens fond desire In men at sea, and melts their thoughtful heart Who in the morn have bid sweet friends farewell, And pilgrim, newly on his road, with love Thrills if he hear the vesper bell from far That seems to mourn for the expiring day. — Gary.
Page 152 - Milton, Lycidas, 70 : Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise (That last infirmity of noble mind) To scorn delights, and live laborious days.
Page 460 - Qu'on parle bien ou mal du fameux cardinal, Ma prose ni mes vers n'en diront jamais rien ; II m'a fait trop de bien pour en dire du mal, II m'a fait trop de mal pour en dire du bien. Richelieu.
Page 51 - Give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me : lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who ia the
Page 375 - 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
Page 54 - Avec de la vertu, de la capacité, et une bonne conduite, l'on peut être insupportable ; les manières que l'on néglige comme de petites choses, sont souvent ce qui fait que les hommes décident de vous en bien ou en mal ; une légère attention à les avoir douces et polies, prévient leur mauvais jugement.
Page 34 - runs away may fight again. He that fights and runs away May live to fight another day ; But he who is in battle slain Can never rise to fight again.
Page 487 - 40 : Slaves cannot breathe in England : if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free ; They touch our country, and their shackles fall.
Page 417 - C'est de lui que nous vient cet art ingénieux De peindre la parole et de parler aux yeux, Et par les traits divers de ligures tracées Donner de la couleur et du corps aux pensées.
Page 128 - In all thy humours, whether grave or mellow, Thou'rt such a touchy, testy, pleasant fellow, Hast so much wit, and mirth, and spleen about thee. That there's no living with thee nor without thee.