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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Page 145
... better fate . - Dryden . Bear up , and live for happier days . — Conington . 1294. Durum ! Sed levius fit patientia - Quicquid corrigere est nefas . ( L. ) Hor . C. 3 , 24 , 19 . ' Tis hard , but what's impossible to change , Patience ...
... better fate . - Dryden . Bear up , and live for happier days . — Conington . 1294. Durum ! Sed levius fit patientia - Quicquid corrigere est nefas . ( L. ) Hor . C. 3 , 24 , 19 . ' Tis hard , but what's impossible to change , Patience ...
Page 149
... better part of valour . take 1327. Ego et rex meus . ( L . ) - I and my king . Phrase used by Cardinal Wolsey in official documents , and made one of the counts against him on his fall . 1328. Ego hæc mecum mussito ; Bona mea inhiant ...
... better part of valour . take 1327. Ego et rex meus . ( L . ) - I and my king . Phrase used by Cardinal Wolsey in official documents , and made one of the counts against him on his fall . 1328. Ego hæc mecum mussito ; Bona mea inhiant ...
Page 190
... better fate is in store for us miserable men . 1726. Fors et virtus miscentur in unum . ( L. ) Virg . A. 12 , 715. - Chance and force unite together . Said of the combat between Turnus and Æneas , the words may be applied to any ...
... better fate is in store for us miserable men . 1726. Fors et virtus miscentur in unum . ( L. ) Virg . A. 12 , 715. - Chance and force unite together . Said of the combat between Turnus and Æneas , the words may be applied to any ...
Page 192
... 1 , 48 , 15. - Fortune befriends the better man . Cf. Fortuna , ut sæpe alias , virtutem secuta est . Liv . 4 , 37. - Fortune , as is not uncommon , befriended valour . ( 5. ) Fortunam reverenter habe , 192 FORTIOR .
... 1 , 48 , 15. - Fortune befriends the better man . Cf. Fortuna , ut sæpe alias , virtutem secuta est . Liv . 4 , 37. - Fortune , as is not uncommon , befriended valour . ( 5. ) Fortunam reverenter habe , 192 FORTIOR .
Page 202
... οὐδὲ ῥίγιον κακῆς . ( Gr . ) Simonid . Iamb . 7. - A man cannot have a better possession than a good wife , nor a more miserable than a bad one . 1833. Gutes und Böses kommt unerwartet dem Menschen ; Auch 202 GRAVISSIMUM .
... οὐδὲ ῥίγιον κακῆς . ( Gr . ) Simonid . Iamb . 7. - A man cannot have a better possession than a good wife , nor a more miserable than a bad one . 1833. Gutes und Böses kommt unerwartet dem Menschen ; Auch 202 GRAVISSIMUM .
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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 |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | Thomas Whittaker, 1889 |
| Original from | Michigan State University |
| Digitized | 16 Aug 2013 |
| Length | 624 pages |
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