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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... known Facilis descensus , etc. , and it is ten chances to one ( and perhaps much longer odds ) that the remainder of the passage will not be correctly repeated . as Latin writers , for the simple reason that they INTRODUCTION . iii.
... known Facilis descensus , etc. , and it is ten chances to one ( and perhaps much longer odds ) that the remainder of the passage will not be correctly repeated . as Latin writers , for the simple reason that they INTRODUCTION . iii.
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as Latin writers , for the simple reason that they wrote in Greek . 1 Only second to the duty of accurate quotation is the task of selecting passages fit for insertion in the collection . The first compilers proceeded , not unnaturally ...
as Latin writers , for the simple reason that they wrote in Greek . 1 Only second to the duty of accurate quotation is the task of selecting passages fit for insertion in the collection . The first compilers proceeded , not unnaturally ...
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... more as historical references than for any other reason . The mention of the Passion of Christ by Tacitus might be added as a further case in point . The other exceptionable passages belong to that class of famous though , perhaps ...
... more as historical references than for any other reason . The mention of the Passion of Christ by Tacitus might be added as a further case in point . The other exceptionable passages belong to that class of famous though , perhaps ...
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He would try to be mad with reason and method . He has method in his madness . Why , the job's as bad As if you tried by reason to be mad . —Conington . Cf. Shakesp . Hamlet , 2 , 2 , 208 : Tho ' this be madness , yet there is method in ...
He would try to be mad with reason and method . He has method in his madness . Why , the job's as bad As if you tried by reason to be mad . —Conington . Cf. Shakesp . Hamlet , 2 , 2 , 208 : Tho ' this be madness , yet there is method in ...
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( Fr . ) - Adieu , my brave Crillon , I love you without rhyme or reason . The saying is quoted commonly in the above form as the conclusion of a letter of Henry IV . to a favourite . The original , however , runs : “ Il n'y manque que ...
( Fr . ) - Adieu , my brave Crillon , I love you without rhyme or reason . The saying is quoted commonly in the above form as the conclusion of a letter of Henry IV . to a favourite . The original , however , runs : “ Il n'y manque que ...
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atque better bien c'est called cause Conington court death faire faith fear force fortune friends give given gods hæc hand happy heart honour hope keep kind king live look man's Mart matter means mihi mind Motto of Earl Motto of Lord n'est nature never nihil omnes omnia once one's person Plaut pleasure poet potest Prov quæ quam quid quod quotation quoted quum reason Rome semper sine speak sunt things thought tibi tout true truth Virg virtue wish
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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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