Proverbs, Chiefly Taken from the Adagia of Erasmus, with Explanations; and Further Illustrated by Corresponding Examples from the Spanish, Italian, French & English Languages, Volume 1T. Egerton, 1814 |
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Halaman 22
... called upon to observe it , in our conduct to our parents , and to make the best return in our power , for their care in nourishing and supporting us in our infancy ; for imbuing our minds with good principles ; for cultivat- ing and ...
... called upon to observe it , in our conduct to our parents , and to make the best return in our power , for their care in nourishing and supporting us in our infancy ; for imbuing our minds with good principles ; for cultivat- ing and ...
Halaman 23
... called upon to return the like service to me ; this part therefore is laid out at interest ; the fourth is paid in taxes , which , though intended for the service of the king , is prin- cipally swallowed up by the collectors , and ...
... called upon to return the like service to me ; this part therefore is laid out at interest ; the fourth is paid in taxes , which , though intended for the service of the king , is prin- cipally swallowed up by the collectors , and ...
Halaman 58
... called for . " Advice should not , generally speaking , be offered until it is re- quired , for , " proffered service stinks . " But if we see one , in whose welfare we feel ourselves interested , about to engage in a connection , or ...
... called for . " Advice should not , generally speaking , be offered until it is re- quired , for , " proffered service stinks . " But if we see one , in whose welfare we feel ourselves interested , about to engage in a connection , or ...
Halaman 77
... called , the harbour of peace and se- curity , where undisturbed sleep and undissem- bled joys do dwell . " Fidelius rident tugu- ria , " the laughter of the cottage is more hearty and sincere than that of the court : great wealth ...
... called , the harbour of peace and se- curity , where undisturbed sleep and undissem- bled joys do dwell . " Fidelius rident tugu- ria , " the laughter of the cottage is more hearty and sincere than that of the court : great wealth ...
Halaman 90
... called cob- web contrivances . They were so called by Anarcharsis " They catch , " he said , " small flies , but wasps and hornets break them with impunity . " " Hence little villains oft submit to fate , That great ones may enjoy the ...
... called cob- web contrivances . They were so called by Anarcharsis " They catch , " he said , " small flies , but wasps and hornets break them with impunity . " " Hence little villains oft submit to fate , That great ones may enjoy the ...
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acquired adage ADAGIA Æsop Amyclas ancients Antisthenes apothegm applied to persons attempting Augustus Cæsar bear become better bird Cæsar censure Cicero cure danger death Demosthenes disgrace dispositions doth ears endeavour Epictetus Erasmus escape esteemed evil expected eyes fall fame favour fear follies fool fortune French frequently friends give hand hath hear Hence honour horse intimate Jupiter Juvenal king la boca labour live Lord Verulam mala malè manner Marc Anthony master means ment mind misery misfortune neighbours never nihil observed obtained occasion opinion ourselves perhaps Philip of Macedon phrase physician Plautus pleasure Plutarch poet possess proverb punishment quæ quam quid quod racter rich Romans sense servants shew Spaniards say speak story suffer Syloson tain taken tell thee thing thou thought tion told tongue vice wise young
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Halaman 281 - Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive. Yea, better is he than both they, which hath not yet been, who hath not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.
Halaman 191 - Is not a patron, my lord, one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the water, and, when he has reached ground, encumbers him with help?
Halaman 275 - 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.
Halaman 191 - The notice which you have been pleased to take of my labours, had it been early had been kind ; but it has been delayed till I am indifferent, and cannot enjoy it ; till I am solitary. and cannot impart it; till I am known, and do not want it.
Halaman 41 - But where to find that happiest spot below Who can direct, when all pretend to know ? The shuddering tenant of the frigid zone Boldly proclaims that happiest spot his own ; Extols the treasures of his stormy seas, And his long nights of revelry and ease...
Halaman 279 - It is a pleasure to stand upon the shore and to see ships tossed upon the sea; a pleasure to stand in the window of a castle and to see a battle and the adventures thereof below; but no pleasure is comparable to the standing upon the vantage ground of truth (a hill not to be commanded, and where the air is always clear and serene), and to see the errors and wanderings and mists and tempests in the vale below...
Halaman 71 - STILL to be neat, still to be drest, As you were going to a feast; Still to be powdered, still perfumed; Lady, it is to be presumed, Though art's hid causes are not found, All is not sweet, all is not sound.
Halaman 279 - ... (a hill not to be commanded, and where the air is always clear and serene), and to see the errors and wanderings and mists and tempests in the vale below; so always that this prospect be with pity, and not with swelling or pride.
Halaman 144 - It happened at Athens, during a public representation of some play exhibited in honour of the commonwealth, that an old gentleman came too late for a place suitable to his age and quality. Many of the young gentlemen who observed the difficulty and confusion he was in, made signs to him that they would accommodate him if he came where they sat.
Halaman 35 - Curse not the king, no not in thy thought; and curse not the rich in thy bedchamber: for a bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that which hath wings shall tell the matter.