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... fortune of his article . In 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 ...
... fortune of his article . In 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 ...
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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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