Proverbs, Chiefly Taken from the Adagia of Erasmus, with Explanations; and Further Illustrated by Corresponding Examples from the Spanish, Italian, French & English Languages, Band 1T. Egerton, 1814 |
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... esteemed a duty , in our commerce with persons who are indifferent to us , we are in a particular manner 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 ...
... esteemed a duty , in our commerce with persons who are indifferent to us , we are in a particular manner 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 ...
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... esteemed in his time , the richest monarch in the world . The adage is also applicable to persons telling as news what is generally known , or offering to instruct any one in arts , with which he is well ac- quainted . Making presents ...
... esteemed in his time , the richest monarch in the world . The adage is also applicable to persons telling as news what is generally known , or offering to instruct any one in arts , with which he is well ac- quainted . Making presents ...
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... esteemed only in proportion to the advantages they are able to procure us . " Hood an ass with reverend purple , So you can hide his two ambitious ears , And he shall pass for a cathedral doctor . " - Volpone . Thus aulicum . Court ...
... esteemed only in proportion to the advantages they are able to procure us . " Hood an ass with reverend purple , So you can hide his two ambitious ears , And he shall pass for a cathedral doctor . " - Volpone . Thus aulicum . Court ...
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... esteemed an evil ; to the bad , that they may not be too highly valued . Omnium horarum homo . seasons . A companion for all hours or This may be said of persons of versatile and easy dispositions , who can accommodate them- selves to ...
... esteemed an evil ; to the bad , that they may not be too highly valued . Omnium horarum homo . seasons . A companion for all hours or This may be said of persons of versatile and easy dispositions , who can accommodate them- selves to ...
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... esteemed wise , who is not wise or prudent in the management of his own concerns , who , intent on the business of others , suffers his own to fall to decay . On the other hand , the selfish man , whose thoughts are solely employed in ...
... esteemed wise , who is not wise or prudent in the management of his own concerns , who , intent on the business of others , suffers his own to fall to decay . On the other hand , the selfish man , whose thoughts are solely employed in ...
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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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Seite 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.
Seite 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?
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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...
Seite 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...
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.