Proverbs, Chiefly Taken from the Adagia of Erasmus, with Explanations; and Further Illustrated by Corresponding Examples from the Spanish, Italian, French & English Languages, Bind 1T. Egerton, 1814 |
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Side xi
... forming this species of adage is , that the per- son or thing used as a comparison be generally known , or reputed to possess the property attributed to it . Of another kind , as proceed- ing from observations on the diversities in the ...
... forming this species of adage is , that the per- son or thing used as a comparison be generally known , or reputed to possess the property attributed to it . Of another kind , as proceed- ing from observations on the diversities in the ...
Side 27
... . You began the business under favourable , or unfavourable auspices , or under a fortunate or unfortunate star . The Greeks and Romans frequently formed formed their opinion of the success of any enterprize in ( 27 )
... . You began the business under favourable , or unfavourable auspices , or under a fortunate or unfortunate star . The Greeks and Romans frequently formed formed their opinion of the success of any enterprize in ( 27 )
Side 28
formed their opinion of the success of any enterprize in which they were about to engage , from the flight , or from the chattering , or singing of birds . The Augur , whose office it was to expound to the people the meaning of the ...
formed their opinion of the success of any enterprize in which they were about to engage , from the flight , or from the chattering , or singing of birds . The Augur , whose office it was to expound to the people the meaning of the ...
Side 46
... act , but having well con- sidered , and formed your plan , go on re- solutely to the end . To design well , and to persevere with vigour in the road we have chalked chalked out for ourselves , is the almost cer- tain ( 46 )
... act , but having well con- sidered , and formed your plan , go on re- solutely to the end . To design well , and to persevere with vigour in the road we have chalked chalked out for ourselves , is the almost cer- tain ( 46 )
Side 60
... formed until the age of manhood , it has always been considered as an emblem of wisdom . " Il est tems d'être sage , quand on a la barbe au menton , " it is time to be wise now that you have a beard on your chin ; and , " Hombre de ...
... formed until the age of manhood , it has always been considered as an emblem of wisdom . " Il est tems d'être sage , quand on a la barbe au menton , " it is time to be wise now that you have a beard on your chin ; and , " Hombre de ...
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PROVERBS CHIEFLY TAKEN FROM TH R. (Robert) 1730-1816 Bland,Desiderius D. 1536 Erasmus Ingen forhåndsvisning - 2016 |
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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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Side 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.
Side 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?
Side 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.
Side 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.
Side 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...
Side 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...
Side 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.
Side 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.
Side 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.
Side 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.