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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S. 1 , 1 , 88 Nay , would you win the kinsmen Nature sends Made ready to your hand , and keep them friends , " Twere but lost labour , as if one should train A donkey for the course by bit and rein . - Conington . 406.
S. 1 , 1 , 88 Nay , would you win the kinsmen Nature sends Made ready to your hand , and keep them friends , " Twere but lost labour , as if one should train A donkey for the course by bit and rein . - Conington . 406.
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A benevolence loses its grace , if it cling so long to the hand of the giver , that he seem to part with it with diffi- culty , and gives it at last as though he were robbing himself . ( 8. ) Benefacta male locata , malefacta arbitror .
A benevolence loses its grace , if it cling so long to the hand of the giver , that he seem to part with it with diffi- culty , and gives it at last as though he were robbing himself . ( 8. ) Benefacta male locata , malefacta arbitror .
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Cap in hand never yet did a man harm . Politeness is never thrown away . 514. Besser ein magrer Vergleich als ein fetter Process . ( G. ) Prov . - A lean compromise is better than a fat lawsuit . 515. Besser ist besser . ( G. ) Prov .
Cap in hand never yet did a man harm . Politeness is never thrown away . 514. Besser ein magrer Vergleich als ein fetter Process . ( G. ) Prov . - A lean compromise is better than a fat lawsuit . 515. Besser ist besser . ( G. ) Prov .
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Cæsar , grasping his hand , bade him fear nothing . Perge audacter , Cesarem vehis , etc. ---- Go on boldly , you carry Cæsar , etc. , as above . ( V. Suet . Jul . Ed . Delphin . Valpy , Lond . 1826 , vol . iii . , Notæ Varior . , p .
Cæsar , grasping his hand , bade him fear nothing . Perge audacter , Cesarem vehis , etc. ---- Go on boldly , you carry Cæsar , etc. , as above . ( V. Suet . Jul . Ed . Delphin . Valpy , Lond . 1826 , vol . iii . , Notæ Varior . , p .
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I call persons shrewd , whose minds have been toughened by experience , as a man's hands get hard by labour . 570. Calomniez , calomniez , il en reste toujours quelque chose . ( Fr. ) Beaumarchais , Barbier de Séville .
I call persons shrewd , whose minds have been toughened by experience , as a man's hands get hard by labour . 570. Calomniez , calomniez , il en reste toujours quelque chose . ( Fr. ) Beaumarchais , Barbier de Séville .
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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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