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... phrase of exaggeration not uncommon with our continental neighbors . They will say , for instance , " We have hitherto advanced with a slow pace , but slowly ; but now we shall proceed à pas de géant [ with gigantic steps ] , and come ...
... phrase of exaggeration not uncommon with our continental neighbors . They will say , for instance , " We have hitherto advanced with a slow pace , but slowly ; but now we shall proceed à pas de géant [ with gigantic steps ] , and come ...
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... phrase is often used to signify , comprehensible ; under- standable by everybody , every one ; intelligible to every one . A posteriori . Lat .- " From the latter . " A priori . Lat .- " From the former , in the first instance . " " I ...
... phrase is often used to signify , comprehensible ; under- standable by everybody , every one ; intelligible to every one . A posteriori . Lat .- " From the latter . " A priori . Lat .- " From the former , in the first instance . " " I ...
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... phrase . " From the inconvenience . " Ar- gumentum ab inconvenienti , An argument to show that the result of a pro- posed measure will prove inconvenient or unsuited to circumstances . Ab incunabulis . Lat .- " From the very cradle ...
... phrase . " From the inconvenience . " Ar- gumentum ab inconvenienti , An argument to show that the result of a pro- posed measure will prove inconvenient or unsuited to circumstances . Ab incunabulis . Lat .- " From the very cradle ...
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... phrase may also be applied to that violence of rage which generally belongs to a civil war . Acme . Gr .- " The highest point , the highest degree . " " His fame was now supposed to have reached its acme . Acquérir méchamment et ...
... phrase may also be applied to that violence of rage which generally belongs to a civil war . Acme . Gr .- " The highest point , the highest degree . " " His fame was now supposed to have reached its acme . Acquérir méchamment et ...
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... phrase was therefore used by the former to denote that the thing could never happen . Ad humum moerore gravi deducit et angit . Lat . HORACE.- " Nature oft sinks us under a load of woe . " Or : - 66 Deep grief dejects , and wrings the ...
... phrase was therefore used by the former to denote that the thing could never happen . Ad humum moerore gravi deducit et angit . Lat . HORACE.- " Nature oft sinks us under a load of woe . " Or : - 66 Deep grief dejects , and wrings the ...
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Common terms and phrases
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.