Proverbs, Chiefly Taken from the Adagia of Erasmus, with Explanations and Further Illustrated by Corresponding Examples from the Spanish, Italian, French and English LanguagesT. Egerton, 1814 - 139 pages |
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Page 29
... semper Feriæ sunt . To the indolent every day is a holiday , or ' day of rest . Erasmus has taken occasion , in the explication of this sentence , to shew the mischiefs incurred by the increasing number of festivals or holidays ...
... semper Feriæ sunt . To the indolent every day is a holiday , or ' day of rest . Erasmus has taken occasion , in the explication of this sentence , to shew the mischiefs incurred by the increasing number of festivals or holidays ...
Page 68
... But this with envy makes me burst . " Stultus semper incipit vivere . The fool is always about to begin to live ; never determined or settled as to his course of life never ( 68 ) little acquainted; it is those who are nearer ...
... But this with envy makes me burst . " Stultus semper incipit vivere . The fool is always about to begin to live ; never determined or settled as to his course of life never ( 68 ) little acquainted; it is those who are nearer ...
Page 81
... semper your nest while young , " for " erit æstas , " it will not be always summer ; and it is as disgraceful for young persons to neglect the means of improving their fortunes , as it is for the aged to be over solicitous about ...
... semper your nest while young , " for " erit æstas , " it will not be always summer ; and it is as disgraceful for young persons to neglect the means of improving their fortunes , as it is for the aged to be over solicitous about ...
Page 100
... semper edimus alienum cibum , " like the mouse , we always feed upon what others have provided . 1 Obtrudere Palpum . To deceive with soft speeches . " You must not think , " the sycophant says in Plautus , " to cajole me with honied ...
... semper edimus alienum cibum , " like the mouse , we always feed upon what others have provided . 1 Obtrudere Palpum . To deceive with soft speeches . " You must not think , " the sycophant says in Plautus , " to cajole me with honied ...
Page 120
... semper in promptu situm , Ne quid expectes amicos facere , quod per te queas . " Be this your rule through life , never leave to others to perform any business for you , which you can do yourself : consonant to this we say , " help ...
... semper in promptu situm , Ne quid expectes amicos facere , quod per te queas . " Be this your rule through life , never leave to others to perform any business for you , which you can do yourself : consonant to this we say , " help ...
Common terms and phrases
acquainted acquired adage Æsop Amyclas Anaxagoras ancients apothegm applied to persons Aulus Gellius bear become better Cato censure Cicero contempt courage cure death deserve diseases disgrace doth enemy envy Epictetus esteemed evil exer expected eyes fall false friend fame favour fear folly fool fortune frequently friends give Grecians habet hath hear honour horse inhabitants Jupiter kind la boca labour learned liquit live Malum means medicine ment Milesians mind mischief miserable misfortunes mouth Mulier necessary neighbour never nihil Nile obtained occasion opinion perhaps Pericles Philip of Macedon phrase physician Plautus pleasure Plutarch poet Polycrates poor possess poverty procuring proverb quæ quam Quid quod racter rich semper serpent servants shew Spaniards say suffer sunt tain taken Theognis thing thou thought Tiberius tion told tongue vice weep wise wish wretched young