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... LATIN - ENGLISH LEXICON , founded on the German - Latin Dictionaries of Dr. William Freund . By the Rev. J. E. RIDDLE , M.A. , of St. Edmund Hall , Oxford . Post 8vo . 50s . An ENGLISH - GREEK LEXICON : containing all the Greek Words ...
... LATIN - ENGLISH LEXICON , founded on the German - Latin Dictionaries of Dr. William Freund . By the Rev. J. E. RIDDLE , M.A. , of St. Edmund Hall , Oxford . Post 8vo . 50s . An ENGLISH - GREEK LEXICON : containing all the Greek Words ...
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... Latin portion I have been more particular , because the learned editor was not aware that the production had come from the press of Barnes of Oxford , nor that a Latin version was appended to it . it illustrates some points not touched ...
... Latin portion I have been more particular , because the learned editor was not aware that the production had come from the press of Barnes of Oxford , nor that a Latin version was appended to it . it illustrates some points not touched ...
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... LATIN EPIGRAM AGAINST LUTHER AND - ERASMUS . Mr. Editor , Your correspondent " Rote- rodamus " ( pp . 27 , 28 ) asks , I hope , for the author of the epigram which he quotes , with a view to a life of his great townsman , Erasmus . Such ...
... LATIN EPIGRAM AGAINST LUTHER AND - ERASMUS . Mr. Editor , Your correspondent " Rote- rodamus " ( pp . 27 , 28 ) asks , I hope , for the author of the epigram which he quotes , with a view to a life of his great townsman , Erasmus . Such ...
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... Latin letter to another , yet he by no means says that it was on account of their general ignorance , but because they were addicting themselves to other branches of learning . They were de- voting all their energies to Arabic and Chal ...
... Latin letter to another , yet he by no means says that it was on account of their general ignorance , but because they were addicting themselves to other branches of learning . They were de- voting all their energies to Arabic and Chal ...
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... Latin name for Aix - la - Chapelle ) , nor in Baudrand's Lexicon Geographicum ( a good dictionary for the medieval Latin names in France , but not so perfect as the Index Geographicum attached to the volumes of Bouquet ) , nor in ...
... Latin name for Aix - la - Chapelle ) , nor in Baudrand's Lexicon Geographicum ( a good dictionary for the medieval Latin names in France , but not so perfect as the Index Geographicum attached to the volumes of Bouquet ) , nor in ...
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Page 38 - Wilt thou upon the high and giddy mast seal up the ship-boy's eyes, and rock his brains in cradle of the rude imperious surge ; and in the visitation of the winds, who take the ruffian billows by the top, curling their monstrous heads, and hanging them with deafening clamours in the slippery clouds...
Page 127 - ... the inquiry of truth, which is the love-making or wooing of it, the knowledge of truth, which is the presence of it, and the belief of truth, which is the enjoying of it, is the sovereign good of human nature.
Page 348 - GATHER ye rosebuds while ye may, Old Time is still a-flying; And this same flower that smiles to-day, To-morrow will be dying. The glorious lamp of heaven, the sun, The higher he's a-getting, The sooner will his race be run, And nearer he's to setting. That age is best which is the first, When youth and blood are warmer; But being spent, the worse and worst Times still succeed the former. Then be not coy, but use your time, And...
Page 175 - For those that fly may fight again, Which he can never do that's slain.
Page 199 - Nassau to Kneller's hand decreed To fix him graceful on the bounding steed; So well in paint and stone they judg'd of merit: But kings in wit may want discerning spirit.
Page 38 - Like the vase in which roses have once been distilled — You may break, you may shatter the vase if you will, But the scent of the roses will hang round it still.
Page 481 - tis done, then 'twere well It were done quickly: If the assassination Could trammel up the consequence, and catch, 'With his surcease, success ; that but this blow Might be the be-all and the end-all here. But here, upon this bank and shoal of time, — We'd jump the life to come...
Page 442 - Few and short were the prayers we said, And we spoke not a word of sorrow ; But we steadfastly gazed on the face that was dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow.
Page 38 - Wilt thou upon the high and giddy mast Seal up the ship-boy's eyes, and rock his brains In cradle of the rude imperious surge ; And in the visitation of the winds, Who take the ruffian billows by the top, Curling their monstrous heads, and hanging them With deafning clamours in the slippery clouds, That, with the hurly, death itself awakes ? Canst thou, O partial sleep!
Page 389 - He that questioneth much shall learn much, and content much ; but especially if he apply his questions to the skill of the persons whom he asketh ; for he shall give them occasion to please themselves in speaking, and himself shall continually gather knowledge. But let his questions not be troublesome, for that is fit for a poser.