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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Into death's hidden hour ye mortals are prying , Searching what is the way ye shall come to your end . To interpret the teaching of planets ye're trying , Which star is man's enemy , which is his friend . -Ed . 411. Au bon droit .
Into death's hidden hour ye mortals are prying , Searching what is the way ye shall come to your end . To interpret the teaching of planets ye're trying , Which star is man's enemy , which is his friend . -Ed . 411. Au bon droit .
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Proverb quoted by Seneca in his Lampoon on the death of Claudius Cæsar , Apocolocyntosis , or the “ Apotheosis of the Pumpkin , ” which is the name he gives his late Majesty . 457. Autre n'auray . ( Fr . ) — Other I will not have .
Proverb quoted by Seneca in his Lampoon on the death of Claudius Cæsar , Apocolocyntosis , or the “ Apotheosis of the Pumpkin , ” which is the name he gives his late Majesty . 457. Autre n'auray . ( Fr . ) — Other I will not have .
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Dear are our parents , dear to us our children , relations , and friends : but the attachment of all of these combined is embraced in the thought of one's country , for whose sake who would hesitate to face death , should it be of any ...
Dear are our parents , dear to us our children , relations , and friends : but the attachment of all of these combined is embraced in the thought of one's country , for whose sake who would hesitate to face death , should it be of any ...
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Cato inflicted it on himself ; Socrates waited till it came , -i.e . , death , 614. Catus amat pisces , sed non vult tingere plantas . ( L. ) Med . Lat . — Pussy loves fish , but is unwilling to wet her feet . 615.
Cato inflicted it on himself ; Socrates waited till it came , -i.e . , death , 614. Catus amat pisces , sed non vult tingere plantas . ( L. ) Med . Lat . — Pussy loves fish , but is unwilling to wet her feet . 615.
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... labour and sorrow death meanwhile steals upon us . 663. Certe ignoratio futurorum malorum utilius est quam scientia . ( L. ) Cic . Div . 2 , 9 , 23 .-- Certainly our ignorance of impending evils is more advantageous than would be a ...
... labour and sorrow death meanwhile steals upon us . 663. Certe ignoratio futurorum malorum utilius est quam scientia . ( L. ) Cic . Div . 2 , 9 , 23 .-- Certainly our ignorance of impending evils is more advantageous than would be a ...
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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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