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Page 119
... praise him when he is dead . Cf. Dum vivit hominem noveris : ubi mortuus est , quiescas . ( L. ) Plaut . Truc . 1 , 2 , 62. - As long as a man is living , you may know him : but after he is dead , keep silence . Among the laws of the ...
... praise him when he is dead . Cf. Dum vivit hominem noveris : ubi mortuus est , quiescas . ( L. ) Plaut . Truc . 1 , 2 , 62. - As long as a man is living , you may know him : but after he is dead , keep silence . Among the laws of the ...
Page 133
... Into the future , grumbles and complains , Extols his own young years with peevish praise , But rates and censures these degenerate days . - Conington . 1190. Diligentia , qua una virtute omnes virtutes reliquæ contin- DILATOR . 133.
... Into the future , grumbles and complains , Extols his own young years with peevish praise , But rates and censures these degenerate days . - Conington . 1190. Diligentia , qua una virtute omnes virtutes reliquæ contin- DILATOR . 133.
Page 147
... Praise is the sweetest thing to hear . 1314. " H κiσтα , ÿ ÿdiota . ( Gr . ) - Either the least possible , or the pleasantest possible . If you have bad news , tell it as quickly as you can . 1315. Effloresco . ( L . ) - I flourish ...
... Praise is the sweetest thing to hear . 1314. " H κiσтα , ÿ ÿdiota . ( Gr . ) - Either the least possible , or the pleasantest possible . If you have bad news , tell it as quickly as you can . 1315. Effloresco . ( L . ) - I flourish ...
Page 149
... praising yourself , for it is the only praise you are ever likely to get . Esop's reply to an author who was much tickled with his own wretched performances . 1333. Ego si bonam famam mihi servasso , sat ero dives . ( L. ) Plaut . Most ...
... praising yourself , for it is the only praise you are ever likely to get . Esop's reply to an author who was much tickled with his own wretched performances . 1333. Ego si bonam famam mihi servasso , sat ero dives . ( L. ) Plaut . Most ...
Page 169
... praise I seek ; enough I'm praised , If , on perusal , no disgust be raised . - Ed . 1515. Et voilà justement comme on écrit l'histoire ! ( Fr. ) Volt . Charlot , 1 , 7. - That is precisely how history is written ! A jumble of errors ...
... praise I seek ; enough I'm praised , If , on perusal , no disgust be raised . - Ed . 1515. Et voilà justement comme on écrit l'histoire ! ( Fr. ) Volt . Charlot , 1 , 7. - That is precisely how history is written ! A jumble of errors ...
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