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... applied to the Life - guards and Grenadiers . Abnormis sapiens . Lat . HORACE .- " A person whose wisdom is not derived either from instruction or merely from books ; one who is in- tuitively knowing . " HORACE uses the expression to ...
... applied to the Life - guards and Grenadiers . Abnormis sapiens . Lat . HORACE .- " A person whose wisdom is not derived either from instruction or merely from books ; one who is in- tuitively knowing . " HORACE uses the expression to ...
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... 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 dépenser sottement . Fr ...
... 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 dépenser sottement . Fr ...
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... applied to both ; you hear , from the pulpit , the duties that men owe to BOTH MAJESTIES ; and a foreigner is often surprised at the hopes expressed by the people that HIS MAJESTY will be pleased to grant them life and health for some ...
... applied to both ; you hear , from the pulpit , the duties that men owe to BOTH MAJESTIES ; and a foreigner is often surprised at the hopes expressed by the people that HIS MAJESTY will be pleased to grant them life and health for some ...
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... applied to the situation of a Minister of state . " A hundred men's affairs confound My senses , and besiege me round . ” Aliena negotia curo , excussus propriis . Lat . HORACE .- " I at- tend to other men's business , having none of my ...
... applied to the situation of a Minister of state . " A hundred men's affairs confound My senses , and besiege me round . ” Aliena negotia curo , excussus propriis . Lat . HORACE .- " I at- tend to other men's business , having none of my ...
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... Applied to a man who pre- tends to cure the faults of others , whilst he has abundance of his own . ALMA MATER . Lat .- " A mild , gentle , benign mother . " A term used by students to designate the University in which they were ...
... Applied to a man who pre- tends to cure the faults of others , whilst he has abundance of his own . ALMA MATER . Lat .- " A mild , gentle , benign mother . " A term used by students to designate the University in which they were ...
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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.