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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Page ii
... quotation from Statius through nine- teen books of Sylva , Thebaid , and Achilleid ! Or to be sent to Lucan in search of a line , which , one ought to have known , is not Lucan , but Lucretius ! One is rewarded in a sort of way , and ...
... quotation from Statius through nine- teen books of Sylva , Thebaid , and Achilleid ! Or to be sent to Lucan in search of a line , which , one ought to have known , is not Lucan , but Lucretius ! One is rewarded in a sort of way , and ...
Page iii
... quotation be in the form of a dependent sentence in the original , so must he leave it , and not think to exchange infinitive for indicative , or third person for first , in order to suit the exigencies of his readers , or put the ...
... quotation be in the form of a dependent sentence in the original , so must he leave it , and not think to exchange infinitive for indicative , or third person for first , in order to suit the exigencies of his readers , or put the ...
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... quotation , then , to deserve the rank of such , should , first of all , be quotable . It should contain a sentiment of some acumen , well expressed , and not too long . This seems to be , more or less , the idea of the quotation proper ...
... quotation , then , to deserve the rank of such , should , first of all , be quotable . It should contain a sentiment of some acumen , well expressed , and not too long . This seems to be , more or less , the idea of the quotation proper ...
Page v
... quotations in any sense of the term , but which seem never- theless worth preserving in the words of the author who has transmitted them , more as historical references than for any other reason . The mention of the Passion of Christ by ...
... quotations in any sense of the term , but which seem never- theless worth preserving in the words of the author who has transmitted them , more as historical references than for any other reason . The mention of the Passion of Christ by ...
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... quotations , there is the young and struggling scribbler who wishes to pass for a more than Macaulayan acquaintance with the whole range of European literature . I should desire to supply the critic with an apposite quotation from ...
... quotations , there is the young and struggling scribbler who wishes to pass for a more than Macaulayan acquaintance with the whole range of European literature . I should desire to supply the critic with an apposite quotation from ...
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