SEARCH
0-9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Prev | Current Page 158 | Next

Jonson, Ben, 1573-1637

"Discoveries Made Upon Men and Matter and Some Poems"


{110a} The interpreter of gods and men.
{111a} Julius Caesar. Of words, see Hor. "De Art. Poet.;" Quintil.
1. 8, "Ludov. Vives," pp. 6 and 7.
{111b} A prudent man conveys nothing rashly.
{114a} That jolt as they fall over the rough places and the rocks.
{116a} Directness enlightens, obliquity and circumlocution darken.
{117a} Ocean trembles as if indignant that you quit the land.
{117b} You might believe that the uprooted Cyclades were floating
in.
{118a} Those armies of the people of Rome that might break through
the heavens.--Caesar. Comment. circa fin.
{124a} No one can speak rightly unless he apprehends wisely.
{133a} "Where the discussion of faults is general, no one is
injured."
{133b} "Gnaw tender little ears with biting truth--Per Sat. 1.
{133c} "The wish for remedy is always truer than the hope.--Livius.
{136a} "AEneas dedicates these arms concerning the conquering
Greeks."--Virg. AEn. lib. 3.
{136b} "You buy everything, Castor; the time will come when you
will sell everything."--Martial, lib. 8, epig. 19.
{136c} "Cinna wishes to seem poor, and is poor.


Pages:
146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170