Dictionary of Foreign Phrases and Classical Quotations: Comprising 14,000 Idioms, Proverbs, Maxims, Mottoes, Technical Words and Terms, and Press Allusions from the Works of the Great Writers in Latin, French, Italian, Greek, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Alphabetically Arranged, with English Translations and EquivalentsHugh Percy Jones J. Grant, 1913 - 532 strán (strany) |
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Strana xiv
... making a selection of Greek quotations , a difficulty is caused by an embarras de richesse , for there are an immense number of passages which might reasonably be included on the ground of merit . Still , it is hoped that xiv INTRODUCTION .
... making a selection of Greek quotations , a difficulty is caused by an embarras de richesse , for there are an immense number of passages which might reasonably be included on the ground of merit . Still , it is hoped that xiv INTRODUCTION .
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... cause . A friend of the human race . Plato is my friend , Socrates is my friend , but truth is greater . † A friend even to the altars - to the last extremity . A friend is the comfort of life . ( The loss that is not known , is no loss ...
... cause . A friend of the human race . Plato is my friend , Socrates is my friend , but truth is greater . † A friend even to the altars - to the last extremity . A friend is the comfort of life . ( The loss that is not known , is no loss ...
Strana 12
... cause . A few appear swimming here and there in the seething surf . * Let your desires be ruled by reason . ( From the former . ) Arguing from cause to effect . The best armour of old age is an early life well spent in the practice and ...
... cause . A few appear swimming here and there in the seething surf . * Let your desires be ruled by reason . ( From the former . ) Arguing from cause to effect . The best armour of old age is an early life well spent in the practice and ...
Strana 17
... cause of the dull wits of its inhabitants . Still the country produced Pindar and Epaminondas . Bonus dux bonum reddit comitem . Bos lassus fortius figit. Beneficium non in eo quod fit aut datur constitit , sed in ipso facientis aut ...
... cause of the dull wits of its inhabitants . Still the country produced Pindar and Epaminondas . Bonus dux bonum reddit comitem . Bos lassus fortius figit. Beneficium non in eo quod fit aut datur constitit , sed in ipso facientis aut ...
Strana 19
... causes or justifies war . This is the verdict of Tacitus on the character of Galba , the Roman general who wrested the sovereign power from Nero , but was assassinated in A.D. 69 , the fatal year that saw three Roman Emperors , all of ...
... causes or justifies war . This is the verdict of Tacitus on the character of Galba , the Roman general who wrested the sovereign power from Nero , but was assassinated in A.D. 69 , the fatal year that saw three Roman Emperors , all of ...
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