Dictionary of Latin Quotations, Proverbs, Maxims, and Mottos, Classical and Mediaeval: Including Law Terms and Phrases. With a Selection of Greek Quotations |
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... give French , Italian , Spanish , and German , in a separate volume . This arrangement has enabled him to nearly quadruple the number of Latin quotations given heretofore , and to extend the number of Greek from about twenty to up ...
... give French , Italian , Spanish , and German , in a separate volume . This arrangement has enabled him to nearly quadruple the number of Latin quotations given heretofore , and to extend the number of Greek from about twenty to up ...
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... give to a statute a forced interpretation con- trary to the reasonable meaning of the words . A vinculo matrimonii .— “ From the bonds of matrimony . " See A mensa , & c . Ab actu ad posse valet illatio.- " From what has happened we may ...
... give to a statute a forced interpretation con- trary to the reasonable meaning of the words . A vinculo matrimonii .— “ From the bonds of matrimony . " See A mensa , & c . Ab actu ad posse valet illatio.- " From what has happened we may ...
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... Give a dog a bad name and hang him . " Ad Calendas Græcas . " At the Greek Calends . " As the Greeks , in their division of the months , had no calends , ( which were used by the Romans only , ) this phrase was used in reference to a ...
... Give a dog a bad name and hang him . " Ad Calendas Græcas . " At the Greek Calends . " As the Greeks , in their division of the months , had no calends , ( which were used by the Romans only , ) this phrase was used in reference to a ...
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... give way to despair . Ad perniciem solet agi sinceritas . PHED .- " Sincerity is fre- quently impelled to its own destruction . " Ad pænitendum propèrat , cito qui judicat . SYR . — “ He hastens to repentance , who judges hastily . " Ad ...
... give way to despair . Ad perniciem solet agi sinceritas . PHED .- " Sincerity is fre- quently impelled to its own destruction . " Ad pænitendum propèrat , cito qui judicat . SYR . — “ He hastens to repentance , who judges hastily . " Ad ...
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... give a white stone . " In voting , among the ancients , approval was signified by put- ting into the urn a white stone ; disapproval , or censure , by a black one . Alea judiciorum . " Chance judiciary . " " The uncertainty of judgments ...
... give a white stone . " In voting , among the ancients , approval was signified by put- ting into the urn a white stone ; disapproval , or censure , by a black one . Alea judiciorum . " Chance judiciary . " " The uncertainty of judgments ...
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Æsop amici amor atque Cæsar Cato dæmon death Deus dicere Earl enim erit etiam evil facit fortune fuit gods habet hæc HESIOD homines Homo honour inter ipse Julius Cæsar Law Max Law Term live LUCAN magis malè mali malum manus MART maxim mihi mind Motto of Lord Multa multis natūra Nemo neque nihil nisi nulla nunc nunquam omnes omnia omnibus omnis OVID person PHED PLAUT PLINY PLINY the Elder PLINY the Younger poet potest Prov proverb quæ quam quid quidem quis quod quoque rebus rerum Roman sæpe satis semel semper sibi sine sunt TACIT tamen tempus thee things thou tibi verba VIRG virtue vita vitæ vult wise words wretched γὰρ δὲ καὶ οὐ τὰ τὸ τῶν
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Page 103 - But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.
Page 181 - Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer : and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.
Page 273 - I do not love thee, Doctor Fell, The reason why I cannot tell ; But this alone I know full well, I do not love thee, Doctor Fell.* 1 Sec Proverbial Expressions.
Page 224 - And lately had he learn'd with truth to deem Love has no gift so grateful as his wings : How fair, how young, how soft soe'er he seem. Full from the fount of Joy's delicious springs Some bitter o'er the flowers its bubbling venom flings.
Page 15 - Pride, our error lies; All quit their sphere, and rush into the skies. Pride still is aiming at the blest abodes, Men would be Angels, Angels would be Gods. Aspiring to be Gods, if Angels fell, Aspiring to be Angels, Men rebel: And who but wishes to invert the laws Of Order, sins against th
Page 10 - The devil was sick, the devil a monk would be ; The devil was well, the devil a monk was he.
Page 163 - Grace was in all her steps. Heaven in her eye, In every gesture dignity and love.
Page 434 - Lie heavy on him, earth, for he Laid many a heavy load on thee.
Page 294 - Great wits are sure to madness near allied; And thin partitions do their bounds divide: Else why should he, with wealth and honour blest, Refuse his age the needful hours of rest?
Page 487 - Nature is true and not a lie. No lie you can speak or act but it will come, after longer or shorter circulation, like a Bill drawn on Nature's Reality, and be presented there for payment, — with the answer, No effects.