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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And yet your ( his ) looks were of one that promised many fine things . 401. At reditus jam quisque suos amat , et sibi quid sit Utile , solicitis supputat articulis . ( L. ) Ov . Ep . 2 , 3 , 17 . But nowadays each loving naught but ...
And yet your ( his ) looks were of one that promised many fine things . 401. At reditus jam quisque suos amat , et sibi quid sit Utile , solicitis supputat articulis . ( L. ) Ov . Ep . 2 , 3 , 17 . But nowadays each loving naught but ...
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There's always room for chance , so drop your hook ; A fish there'll be where least for it you look.-Ed. 612. Cato contra mundum . ( L. ) ? —Cato against the world . Cf. Victrix causa , etc. This saying and the similar one ( Athanasius ...
There's always room for chance , so drop your hook ; A fish there'll be where least for it you look.-Ed. 612. Cato contra mundum . ( L. ) ? —Cato against the world . Cf. Victrix causa , etc. This saying and the similar one ( Athanasius ...
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[ Who will deny that justice has miscarried ? ] The crows escape , the harmless doves are harried . -Ed . one man may steal a horse , while another may not look over a hedge . ” 992. Da veniam lacrymis . ( L. ) Forgive these tears !
[ Who will deny that justice has miscarried ? ] The crows escape , the harmless doves are harried . -Ed . one man may steal a horse , while another may not look over a hedge . ” 992. Da veniam lacrymis . ( L. ) Forgive these tears !
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Come , come , look sharp ! How long are we to wait ? While doubting what to be ... At a distance it looks like something important , but close by it is nothing a at all . seas . Like sticks floating on water , things at a distance seem ...
Come , come , look sharp ! How long are we to wait ? While doubting what to be ... At a distance it looks like something important , but close by it is nothing a at all . seas . Like sticks floating on water , things at a distance seem ...
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The historian is a prophet who looks backward . 1077. Deridet , sed non derideor . ( L. ) He laughs at me , but I — will not take the affront ( will not be laughed at ) . - 1078. Derivativa potestas non potest esse major primitiva .
The historian is a prophet who looks backward . 1077. Deridet , sed non derideor . ( L. ) He laughs at me , but I — will not take the affront ( will not be laughed at ) . - 1078. Derivativa potestas non potest esse major primitiva .
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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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