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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When , however , the number of quotations included in the work is taken into account ( many of them having never before appeared in any collection of the kind ) , it will not be a matter of surprise that some failure in this respect ...
When , however , the number of quotations included in the work is taken into account ( many of them having never before appeared in any collection of the kind ) , it will not be a matter of surprise that some failure in this respect ...
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Taking the various works of the kind that have appeared since Mr Macdonnel's Dictionary of 1796 , I have not found any editor deigning to furnish his book with these necessary particulars , which assuredly constitute its chief value as ...
Taking the various works of the kind that have appeared since Mr Macdonnel's Dictionary of 1796 , I have not found any editor deigning to furnish his book with these necessary particulars , which assuredly constitute its chief value as ...
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Nothing is gained by the change , neither in the way of beauty , and , still less , in truth , and this , it must be felt , is the principle that should guide any one attempting a compilation of the kind — exactness , accuracy , truth .
Nothing is gained by the change , neither in the way of beauty , and , still less , in truth , and this , it must be felt , is the principle that should guide any one attempting a compilation of the kind — exactness , accuracy , truth .
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Of these , the poetical will be seen to preponderate largely over a 1 As an illustration of these and the foregoing remarks I append some instances of faulty quotation taken from various collections of the kind : -1 .
Of these , the poetical will be seen to preponderate largely over a 1 As an illustration of these and the foregoing remarks I append some instances of faulty quotation taken from various collections of the kind : -1 .
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... in libidinem projecti , in cibum parci ( immoderate in gratifying their animal passions , sparing in the use of food ) . 94. Adornare verbis benefacta . ( L. ) Plin . Ep . 1 , 8 , 15.To enhance the worth of a favour by kind words .
... in libidinem projecti , in cibum parci ( immoderate in gratifying their animal passions , sparing in the use of food ) . 94. Adornare verbis benefacta . ( L. ) Plin . Ep . 1 , 8 , 15.To enhance the worth of a favour by kind words .
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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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