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 xi
... known , or reputed to possess the property attributed to it . Of another kind , as proceed- ing from observations on the diversities in the dispositions and tempers of men , are 99 " Quot " Quot homines tot sententię , " many men ...
... known , or reputed to possess the property attributed to it . Of another kind , as proceed- ing from observations on the diversities in the dispositions and tempers of men , are 99 " Quot " Quot homines tot sententię , " many men ...
Halaman xii
... known him so long , that you might have eaten a peck of salt with him . " Mus non fidit uni antro , " the mouse does not trust to a single passage by which it may escape , if attacked . No man should engage all his property , or so much ...
... known him so long , that you might have eaten a peck of salt with him . " Mus non fidit uni antro , " the mouse does not trust to a single passage by which it may escape , if attacked . No man should engage all his property , or so much ...
Halaman 3
... known , and as we talk of ghosts - but who has seen either the one or the other ! " " Friendship , " Lord Verulam says , " easeth the heart and cleareth the un- derstanding , making clear day in both ; partly by giving the purest ...
... known , and as we talk of ghosts - but who has seen either the one or the other ! " " Friendship , " Lord Verulam says , " easeth the heart and cleareth the un- derstanding , making clear day in both ; partly by giving the purest ...
Halaman 4
... known who was the Author of this enigmatical sentence , prohibiting to eat what has a black tail ; that which is sweet to the taste , but leaves a sense of bitterness when swallowed . The interpretation seems to be , hold no intimate ...
... known who was the Author of this enigmatical sentence , prohibiting to eat what has a black tail ; that which is sweet to the taste , but leaves a sense of bitterness when swallowed . The interpretation seems to be , hold no intimate ...
Halaman 38
... known , or offering to instruct any one in arts , with which he is well ac- quainted . Making presents to the rich , and neglecting friends or relations , to whom such assistance might be beneficial , are acts falling also under the ...
... known , or offering to instruct any one in arts , with which he is well ac- quainted . Making presents to the rich , and neglecting friends or relations , to whom such assistance might be beneficial , are acts falling also under the ...
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acquired adage ADAGIA Ęsop Amyclas ancients Antisthenes apothegm applied to persons attempting Augustus Cęsar bear become better bird Cęsar 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 malč 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 quę 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.