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... wishes to pass for a more than Macaulayan acquaintance with the whole range of European literature . I should desire to supply the critic with an apposite quotation from Horace ; the journalist with a suggestive phrase , concise as ...
... wishes to pass for a more than Macaulayan acquaintance with the whole range of European literature . I should desire to supply the critic with an apposite quotation from Horace ; the journalist with a suggestive phrase , concise as ...
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... wish their names to be mentioned . F. K. Rome , May 1886 . * CORRECTION OF INACCURACIES . With the object of making the collection more perfect as a work of reference , I venture to appeal to all who may make use of the volume to have ...
... wish their names to be mentioned . F. K. Rome , May 1886 . * CORRECTION OF INACCURACIES . With the object of making the collection more perfect as a work of reference , I venture to appeal to all who may make use of the volume to have ...
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... wish to make confession , it is not received without their being cautioned by the court as to the consequences and permitted to put in a plea of not guilty . 39. Acer , et indomitus : quo spes , quoque ira vocasset , Ferre manum , et ...
... wish to make confession , it is not received without their being cautioned by the court as to the consequences and permitted to put in a plea of not guilty . 39. Acer , et indomitus : quo spes , quoque ira vocasset , Ferre manum , et ...
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... wishes from me . Adieu . 76. Adieu la voiture , adieu la boutique ! ( Fr. ) Prov . - Good- bye to the carriage , good - bye to the shop ! There is an end of the business : the establishment is broken up . 77. Adieu , paniers , vendanges ...
... wishes from me . Adieu . 76. Adieu la voiture , adieu la boutique ! ( Fr. ) Prov . - Good- bye to the carriage , good - bye to the shop ! There is an end of the business : the establishment is broken up . 77. Adieu , paniers , vendanges ...
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... wishes cannot be called your own . 194A . Alii ventosis follibus auras Excipiunt redduntque ; alii stridentia tingunt Era lacu . Gemit impositis incudibus antrum . Virg . A. 8 , 449. - Some ply the windy bellows , taking in and giving ...
... wishes cannot be called your own . 194A . Alii ventosis follibus auras Excipiunt redduntque ; alii stridentia tingunt Era lacu . Gemit impositis incudibus antrum . Virg . A. 8 , 449. - Some ply the windy bellows , taking in and giving ...
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Page 150 - 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 150 - 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 458 - 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 49 - 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 373 - 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 52 - 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 32 - 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 485 - 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 415 - 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 126 - 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.