Latin proverbs and quotations: With translations and parallel passages and a copious English indexS. Low, son, and Marston, 1869 - 505 pagina's |
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Pagina 10
... soon depart . " " The used key is always bright . " " Still water breeds vermin . " " To have done , is to hang Quite out of fashion , like a rusty mail . In monumental mockery . " SHAKS . " A sword laid by , Which eats into itself ...
... soon depart . " " The used key is always bright . " " Still water breeds vermin . " " To have done , is to hang Quite out of fashion , like a rusty mail . In monumental mockery . " SHAKS . " A sword laid by , Which eats into itself ...
Pagina 54
... soon perishes . See " Citò matūrum . " Celsa grăviōre casu Decidunt turres . HOR . The higher the tower , the greater the fall thereof . " The highest tree hath the greatest fall . " " Look high and fall low . " Certa amittimus , dum ...
... soon perishes . See " Citò matūrum . " Celsa grăviōre casu Decidunt turres . HOR . The higher the tower , the greater the fall thereof . " The highest tree hath the greatest fall . " " Look high and fall low . " Certa amittimus , dum ...
Pagina 56
... Soon ripe , soon rotten . " A man at five may be a fool at fifteen . " " A man at sixteen will prove a child at sixty . " " There is an order Of mortals on the earth , who do become Old in their youth , and die ere middle age . " BYRON ...
... Soon ripe , soon rotten . " A man at five may be a fool at fifteen . " " A man at sixteen will prove a child at sixty . " " There is an order Of mortals on the earth , who do become Old in their youth , and die ere middle age . " BYRON ...
Pagina 72
... soon be starved . " Currus bovem trahit . - The carriage draws the ox . 66 Putting the cart before the horse . " Cutem gerit lacerātam canis mordax . - A biting cur wears a torn skin . 66 Quarrelling dogs come halting home . " 66 ...
... soon be starved . " Currus bovem trahit . - The carriage draws the ox . 66 Putting the cart before the horse . " Cutem gerit lacerātam canis mordax . - A biting cur wears a torn skin . 66 Quarrelling dogs come halting home . " 66 ...
Pagina 84
... soon caught up . " " Fair flowers do not remain long by the wayside . " Difficile est longum subito depōnere amōrem . — It is not easy suddenly to cast aside a fancy long indulged in . Difficile est propriè communia dicere . HOR . - It ...
... soon caught up . " " Fair flowers do not remain long by the wayside . " Difficile est longum subito depōnere amōrem . — It is not easy suddenly to cast aside a fancy long indulged in . Difficile est propriè communia dicere . HOR . - It ...
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Latin proverbs and quotations: With translations and parallel passages and a ... Alfred Henderson Volledige weergave - 1869 |
Latin proverbs and quotations: With translations and parallel passages and a ... Alfred Henderson Volledige weergave - 1869 |
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Alienâ aliis aliud amor Athenas benè better BYRON Carpe diem catch citò Crescit cuique dæmon danger Deus devil docet dolet doth enemy enim etiam evil facit fault fears Festina fire folly fool Fortūna fortune friends Frustrà gives habet hath Haud heart heaven homini Homo HOR.-The Juv.-The licet live magis mala malè malis malo malum man's manu mihi mind minimo multa Multi Nemo neque nescit never nihil nisi nunquam omnes omnia omnis oportet OVID perit pilum PLAUT pleasure Plures potest Præstat praise quæ quàm Quid Quis quisque quod rich risum sæpe SCOTT semel semper SHAKS sibi sine sorrow sunt sweet SYR.-He tempus TENNYSON thee thief things thou tibi to-day to-morrow tongue virtue vulpes vult wealth wine wisdom wise wolf woman youth
Populaire passages
Pagina 184 - O, how this spring of love resembleth The uncertain glory of an April day ; Which now shows all the beauty of the sun, And by and by a cloud takes all away ! Re-enter PANTHINO.
Pagina 42 - Of every hearer; for it so falls out That what we have we prize not to the worth Whiles we enjoy it, but being lack'd and lost, Why, then we rack the value, then we find The virtue that possession would not show us Whiles it was ours.
Pagina 447 - Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world, Like a Colossus ; and we petty men Walk under his huge legs, and peep about To find ourselves dishonourable graves.
Pagina 267 - The man that hails you Tom or Jack, And proves by thumps upon your back How he esteems your merit, Is such a friend, that one had need Be very much his friend indeed, To pardon or to bear it.
Pagina 389 - Howe'er it be, it seems to me, Tis only noble to be good. Kind hearts are more than coronets, And simple faith than Norman blood.
Pagina 95 - What boots it at one gate to make defence, And at another to let in the foe, Effeminately vanquished?
Pagina 91 - GATHER ye rosebuds while ye may, Old Time is still a-flying; And this same flower that smiles to-day, To-morrow will be dying. The glorious lamp of heaven, the sun, The higher he's a-getting, The sooner will his race be run, And nearer he's to setting. That age is best which is the first, When youth and blood are warmer; But being spent, the worse and worst Times still succeed the former. Then be not coy, but...
Pagina 103 - Nomentanus?" pergis pugnantia secum frontibus adversis componere. non ego avarum cum veto te fieri, vappam iubeo ac nebulonem. est inter Tanain quiddam socerumque Viselli : 105 est modus in rebus, sunt certi denique fines, quos ultra citraque nequit consistere rectum.
Pagina 60 - My conscience hath a thousand several tongues, And every tongue brings in a several tale, And every tale condemns me for a villain.
Pagina 441 - Yestreen, when to the trembling string The dance gaed thro' the lighted ha', To thee my fancy took its wing, I sat, but neither heard nor saw: Tho' this was fair, and that was braw, And yon the toast of a' the town, I sigh'd and said amang them a'; — "Ye are na Mary Morison!