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 83
That is the true beginning of our end . " 682. C'est le propre de l'érudition populaire de rattacher toutes ses connaissances à un nom vulgaire . ( Fr. ) Nodier ? It is the characteristic of the learning of the people to couple each ...
That is the true beginning of our end . " 682. C'est le propre de l'érudition populaire de rattacher toutes ses connaissances à un nom vulgaire . ( Fr. ) Nodier ? It is the characteristic of the learning of the people to couple each ...
Page 111
Said of the French Academy , and still more true of the Society of Painters which bears the name in England . The amusing thing is , that it was the admission of La Bruyère into an academy of nonentities that prompted the lines ...
Said of the French Academy , and still more true of the Society of Painters which bears the name in England . The amusing thing is , that it was the admission of La Bruyère into an academy of nonentities that prompted the lines ...
Page 121
... mais ce n'est rien en comparaison des sots , et par malheur on dit que Dieu est toujours pour les gros bataillons . The number of the wise will be always small . It is true that it has been largely in . creased ...
... mais ce n'est rien en comparaison des sots , et par malheur on dit que Dieu est toujours pour les gros bataillons . The number of the wise will be always small . It is true that it has been largely in . creased ...
Page 124
If the thing be true , Assent : if false , attack it hardily . - Ed . 1093. Désir de Dieu et désir de l'homme sont deux . ( Fr. ) Breton Prov.God's will and man's will are two different things . 1094. Des Lebens Mühe Lehrt uns allein ...
If the thing be true , Assent : if false , attack it hardily . - Ed . 1093. Désir de Dieu et désir de l'homme sont deux . ( Fr. ) Breton Prov.God's will and man's will are two different things . 1094. Des Lebens Mühe Lehrt uns allein ...
Page 141
Theirs are dowries not of gold , Their parents ' worth , their own pure chastity True to one , to others cold : They dare not sin , or , if they dare , they die . - Conington . Horace contrasts the strict conjugal fidelity of the wild ...
Theirs are dowries not of gold , Their parents ' worth , their own pure chastity True to one , to others cold : They dare not sin , or , if they dare , they die . - Conington . Horace contrasts the strict conjugal fidelity of the wild ...
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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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