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... expressions in frequent use but imperfectly understood , and terms which have wandered far from their original import , have been freely incorporated in the work . 3 The value of this Dictionary is greatly enhanced by the PREFACE. ...
... expressions in frequent use but imperfectly understood , and terms which have wandered far from their original import , have been freely incorporated in the work . 3 The value of this Dictionary is greatly enhanced by the PREFACE. ...
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... expression " ab ovo usque ad mala , " which literally means , From the egg to the apples , in allusion to the custom among the Romans of begin- ning their dinner or supper with eggs , and finishing with apples . WE use the expression to ...
... expression " ab ovo usque ad mala , " which literally means , From the egg to the apples , in allusion to the custom among the Romans of begin- ning their dinner or supper with eggs , and finishing with apples . WE use the expression to ...
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... expression of " All the Russias " is founded on the ancient division of Russia , which comprehended the provinces of Great or Black Russia , Little or Red Russia , and White Russia . St. Petersburg , the capital of Russia , took its ...
... expression of " All the Russias " is founded on the ancient division of Russia , which comprehended the provinces of Great or Black Russia , Little or Red Russia , and White Russia . St. Petersburg , the capital of Russia , took its ...
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... expression " de lana caprina rixari " is a proverbial one , and is well explained by the scholiast [ commentator ] : To dispute about goat's wool , " that is , about nothing , since a goat is covered with hair , and not with wool . On ...
... expression " de lana caprina rixari " is a proverbial one , and is well explained by the scholiast [ commentator ] : To dispute about goat's wool , " that is , about nothing , since a goat is covered with hair , and not with wool . On ...
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... expression , do really signify quite a different thing from the ball of the eye ; the Gr . words are паρvεvos [ parthenos ] , kopn [ kore ] , and πais [ pais ] , and the Lat . word is pupilla ; all which signify what is commonly called ...
... expression , do really signify quite a different thing from the ball of the eye ; the Gr . words are паρvεvos [ parthenos ] , kopn [ kore ] , and πais [ pais ] , and the Lat . word is pupilla ; all which signify what is commonly called ...
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aetas amor ancient animus applied atque bien C'est called character CICERO CLAUDIAN court death dicere EPICURUS evil exemplum expression facit fear feel fool fortune Fr.-The French genius give Greek happy homines homme honor HORACE human Ital JUVENAL king labor Latin Law maxim learned live Lord LUCAN LUCRETIUS magna mali manner matter means ment mihi mind motto multa n'est nature never nihil nisi nulla omnes omnia one's opinion OVID passion PERSIUS person PHAEDRUS philosopher phrase PLAUTUS pleasure poet potest prov proverb PUBLIUS SYRUS quae quam quid QUINTILIAN quod quotation rebus rerum risum Roman saepe Scots law semper SENECA sense SHAKSPEARE sibi signify sine soul Span speak sunt TACITUS TERENCE term thing thou tibi truth vice VIRGIL virtue vita wise word writ writing
Popular passages
Page 120 - And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years: few and evil have the days of the years of my life been, and have not attained unto the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage.
Page 25 - This is some fellow, Who, having been praised for bluntness, doth affect A saucy roughness ; and constrains the garb Quite from his nature : ,he cannot flatter, he ! — An honest mind and plain, — he must speak truth ! An they will take it, so ; if not, he's plain.
Page 184 - O Woman ! in our hours of ease Uncertain, coy, and hard to please, And variable as the shade By the light quivering aspen made; When pain and anguish wring the brow, A ministering angel thou!
Page 131 - Live while you live, the Epicure would say, And seize the pleasures of the present day. Live while you live, the sacred Preacher cries, And give to God each moment as it flies.
Page 147 - Est brevitate opus, ut currat sententia neu se Impediat verbis lassas...
Page 235 - Je suis oiseau, voyez mes ailes— Je suis souris, vivent les rats!
Page 227 - Inter spem curamque, timores inter et iras, Omnem crede diem tibi diluxisse supremum : Grata superveniet quae non sperabitur hora.
Page 327 - O Thou whose power o'er moving worlds presides, Whose voice created, and whose wisdom guides, On darkling man in pure effulgence shine, And cheer the clouded mind with light divine. Tis thine alone to calm the pious breast, With silent confidence and holy rest : From thee, great God ! we spring, to thee we tend, Path, motive, guide, original, and end...
Page 160 - The gates of hell are open night and day ; Smooth the descent, and easy is the way : But, to return, and view the cheerful skies — In this the task and mighty labour lies.
Page 7 - Wednesday. Doth he feel it? no. Doth he hear it? no. 'Tis insensible, then? Yea, to the dead. But will it not live with the living? no. Why? detraction will not suffer it. Therefore I'll none of • it. Honour is a mere scutcheon : and so ends my catechism.