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 xii
... his bow . " These specimens may be sufficient to shew the nature of proverbial phrases , and in some degree , the kind of elu- cidation here attempted . As As the source whence the adages are taken is shewn xii PREFACE .
... his bow . " These specimens may be sufficient to shew the nature of proverbial phrases , and in some degree , the kind of elu- cidation here attempted . As As the source whence the adages are taken is shewn xii PREFACE .
Side xv
... shew no slavish servility to their envoys and ambassadors , that we may not again be insulted with the humiliating spectacle of British subjects harnessed to the chariot of aliens , and I doubt , I must say , of enemies to the country ...
... shew no slavish servility to their envoys and ambassadors , that we may not again be insulted with the humiliating spectacle of British subjects harnessed to the chariot of aliens , and I doubt , I must say , of enemies to the country ...
Side xvi
... shew the reader what he is to expect in these volumes ; it may not be so easy , perhaps , satisfactorily to explain , why I have undertaken what seems so alien to my profession ; " Tantumne ab re tua est otii tibi , Aliena ut cures , ea ...
... shew the reader what he is to expect in these volumes ; it may not be so easy , perhaps , satisfactorily to explain , why I have undertaken what seems so alien to my profession ; " Tantumne ab re tua est otii tibi , Aliena ut cures , ea ...
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... shew him- self to be a reasonable and a good moral man , fulfilling his duty to God , to his country , and to himself . Such a man , to adopt the lan- guage of Montaigne , " is truly of the cabinet council of the Muses , and has ...
... shew him- self to be a reasonable and a good moral man , fulfilling his duty to God , to his country , and to himself . Such a man , to adopt the lan- guage of Montaigne , " is truly of the cabinet council of the Muses , and has ...
Side 29
... shew that though the vulgar , in the early ages , might believe in these fooleries , yet there were not wanting then , as well as now , persons who were able to ridicule and despise them . " The direful raven's , or the night owl's ...
... shew that though the vulgar , in the early ages , might believe in these fooleries , yet there were not wanting then , as well as now , persons who were able to ridicule and despise them . " The direful raven's , or the night owl's ...
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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.