Classical and Foreign Quotations: Law Terms and Maxims, Proverbs, Mottoes, Phrases, and Expressions in French, German, Greek, Italian, Latin, Spanish, and Portuguese. With Translations, References, Explanatory Notes, and Indexes |
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... it must be felt , is the principle that should guide any one attempting a compilation of the kind — exactness , accuracy , truth . He is not called upon for any originality , save the original words of the author he quotes .
... it must be felt , is the principle that should guide any one attempting a compilation of the kind — exactness , accuracy , truth . He is not called upon for any originality , save the original words of the author he quotes .
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But the rule of “ quotability ” is that which I have endeavoured to keep generally in view , and , as far as regards quotations properly so called , to admit none that could not be thus employed either in literary or oratorical ...
But the rule of “ quotability ” is that which I have endeavoured to keep generally in view , and , as far as regards quotations properly so called , to admit none that could not be thus employed either in literary or oratorical ...
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Undaunted , keen : where Hope or Passion called He'd fight , nor ever sheathe the murderous sword . To push advantage , follow up his star ( If Fortune smiled ) , and overturn all odds That kept him from the prize - such was his plan ...
Undaunted , keen : where Hope or Passion called He'd fight , nor ever sheathe the murderous sword . To push advantage , follow up his star ( If Fortune smiled ) , and overturn all odds That kept him from the prize - such was his plan ...
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An act done , to which I am not a consenting party , cannot be called my act . 57. Actus non facit reum , nisi mens sit rea . ( L. ) Law Max . — The act itself does not make a man guilty unless his intentions were yuilty . 58.
An act done , to which I am not a consenting party , cannot be called my act . 57. Actus non facit reum , nisi mens sit rea . ( L. ) Law Max . — The act itself does not make a man guilty unless his intentions were yuilty . 58.
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The coach that used to run ( and may do so still ) from Oxford to Cambridge and back , was facetiously called the ad eundem by the undergraduate wits . 72. Adhibenda est munditia non odiosa , neque exquisita nimis ; tantum quæ fugiat ...
The coach that used to run ( and may do so still ) from Oxford to Cambridge and back , was facetiously called the ad eundem by the undergraduate wits . 72. Adhibenda est munditia non odiosa , neque exquisita nimis ; tantum quæ fugiat ...
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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. With Translations, References, Explanatory Notes, and Indexes |
| Author | William Francis Henry King |
| Publisher | T. Whitaker, 1888 |
| Original from | Princeton University |
| Digitized | 18 Dec 2008 |
| Length | 608 pages |
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