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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Last line of epitaph written for himself , and a parting injunction which others than the friends of the poet would do well to observe . 255. Amissum non flet , quum sola est Gellia , patrem . Si quis adest , jussæ prosiliunt lacrymæ .
Last line of epitaph written for himself , and a parting injunction which others than the friends of the poet would do well to observe . 255. Amissum non flet , quum sola est Gellia , patrem . Si quis adest , jussæ prosiliunt lacrymæ .
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The verse of the poet must not betray the hacking and polishing it has gone through in its production ; the painting must not show any technical artifice ; the audience must not be able to detect professional trickery in the actor .
The verse of the poet must not betray the hacking and polishing it has gone through in its production ; the painting must not show any technical artifice ; the audience must not be able to detect professional trickery in the actor .
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0 , when this cankering rust , this greed of gain , Has touched the soul and wrought into its grain , What hope that poets will produce such lines As cedar - oil embalms , and cypress shrines ? —Conington . 390.
0 , when this cankering rust , this greed of gain , Has touched the soul and wrought into its grain , What hope that poets will produce such lines As cedar - oil embalms , and cypress shrines ? —Conington . 390.
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The god is auspicious to poets who invoke his muse - inspiring protection . 432. Auferimur cultu : gemmis auroque teguntur Omnia ; pars minima est ipsa puella sui . ( L. ) Ov . R. A. 343. — Dress deceives one so : jewels and gold ...
The god is auspicious to poets who invoke his muse - inspiring protection . 432. Auferimur cultu : gemmis auroque teguntur Omnia ; pars minima est ipsa puella sui . ( L. ) Ov . R. A. 343. — Dress deceives one so : jewels and gold ...
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The Poet . I love to roam amid the secret haunts Of the Pierides , where no foot hath trod . To visit virgin springs , and thence to drink ; Fresh flowers to gather , that shall make a crown The Muses never twined for mortal brows.
The Poet . I love to roam amid the secret haunts Of the Pierides , where no foot hath trod . To visit virgin springs , and thence to drink ; Fresh flowers to gather , that shall make a crown The Muses never twined for mortal brows.
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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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