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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Ofend one single monk , and the lappets of all cowls will flutter as far as Rome . 495. Bella femmina che ride , vuol dir borsa che piange . ( It . ) Prov . - A beautiful woman smiling means a purse weeping .
Ofend one single monk , and the lappets of all cowls will flutter as far as Rome . 495. Bella femmina che ride , vuol dir borsa che piange . ( It . ) Prov . - A beautiful woman smiling means a purse weeping .
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Applied anciently to Pagan and , later , to Papal Rome . Cf. Ipsa , caput mundi . .. Roma . Lucan . 2 , 655 . Cf. Caput imperii . Tac . H. 1 , 84. — Head of the Empire ; and Caput rerum . tion ) . Id . A. 1 CAPUT . 73.
Applied anciently to Pagan and , later , to Papal Rome . Cf. Ipsa , caput mundi . .. Roma . Lucan . 2 , 655 . Cf. Caput imperii . Tac . H. 1 , 84. — Head of the Empire ; and Caput rerum . tion ) . Id . A. 1 CAPUT . 73.
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Head of things ( civilisa- All said of Imperial Rome . 593. Cara al mio cuor tu sei , Ciò ch'è il sole agli occhi miei . ( It . ) ? -Thou art as dear to my heart as the light to my eyes . Cf. Gray , Bard , 1 , 3 , 12 : Dear as the light ...
Head of things ( civilisa- All said of Imperial Rome . 593. Cara al mio cuor tu sei , Ciò ch'è il sole agli occhi miei . ( It . ) ? -Thou art as dear to my heart as the light to my eyes . Cf. Gray , Bard , 1 , 3 , 12 : Dear as the light ...
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Your places yield , ye bards of Greece and Rome , A greater than the Iliad has come ! -Ed . 630. Cedunt grammatici , vincuntur rhetores . Omnis Turba tacet . ( L. ) Juv . 6 , 437.
Your places yield , ye bards of Greece and Rome , A greater than the Iliad has come ! -Ed . 630. Cedunt grammatici , vincuntur rhetores . Omnis Turba tacet . ( L. ) Juv . 6 , 437.
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Title of two officers appointed at Rome to take care of the public morals , and to punish moral and political offenders by degradation to the ærarii , or lowest class of citizen . The term is now applied to any rigid censurer of ...
Title of two officers appointed at Rome to take care of the public morals , and to punish moral and political offenders by degradation to the ærarii , or lowest class of citizen . The term is now applied to any rigid censurer of ...
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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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