| James Boswell - 1799 - 648 pages
...dear old friend.' There is one passage in the original, better transfused by Oldham than by Johnson : 'Nil habet infelix paupertas durius in se, Quam quod ridiculos homines facit ^ which is an exquisite remark on the galling meanness and contempt annexed to poverty: JOHNSON'S imitation... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1809 - 484 pages
...bear, reads the poor man's contumely ; the contumely which the potman is obliged to endure : " Nil habet infelix paupertas durius in se, " Quam quod ridiculos homines facit." Malont. 7 of despis'd love,'] The folio reads of dispriz'd love. Steevens. ' might... | |
| Pietro Metastasio - 1814 - 542 pages
...alter Pelle patet ; vel si consuto vulnere crassum , Atque recens li nuin.. ostendit non una cicatrix I Nil habet infelix paupertas durius in, se, Quam quod ridiculos homines facit. Exeat , ìr iti pudor est , et de pulvino surgat equestri , Cnìus res legi non sufficit , et sedeant... | |
| Juvenal - 1819 - 156 pages
...alter Pelle patet ; vel si, consuto vulnere, crassum ISO Atque recens linum ostendit non una cicatrix? Nil habet infelix paupertas durius in se, Quam quod ridiculos homines facit. Exeat, inquit, Si pudor est, et de pulvino surgat equestri, Cujus res legi non sufficit; et sedeant... | |
| Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820 - 368 pages
..." Materiem praebet causasque jocorum Omnibus hie idem ? si foeda et scissa lacerna, &c. 14 Nil habet infelix paupertas durius in se, Quam quod ridiculos homines facit. " Agmine facto, Debuerant olim tenues migrasse Quirites. * The Spaniards at this time... | |
| Robert Burton - 1821 - 614 pages
...comedy) friends and strangers, all forsake me. Which is most grievous, poverty makes men ridiculous : Nil habet infelix paupertas durius in se, Quam quod ridiculos homines facit : they must endure s jests, taunts, flouts, blows of their betters, and take all in good part to get... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1821 - 558 pages
...folio reads " the poor man's contumely ; " the contumely which the poor man is obliged to endure : Nil habet infelix paupertas durius in se, Quam quod ridiculos homines facit. MALONE. 8 of DESPIS'D love,] The folio reads of dispriz'd love. STEEVENS. 9 might his auiETus... | |
| Charles Phillips - 1822 - 434 pages
...is to be found in the celebrated work of Hesiod, called the ' Phantasmagoria.'After expatiating upon the sad effects of poverty, you may remember...Nil habet infelix paupertas durius in se Quam quod ridicules homines facit " Lord Avonmore bristled up at once" Why, Mr. Curran, Hesiod was not an... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1823 - 442 pages
...are sold : Where won by bribes, by flatteries implor'd, The groom retails the favours of his lord. 84 Nil habet infelix paupertas durius in se, Quam quod ridiculos homines facit. 35 : Agmine facto, Debuerant olim tenues migrasse Quiritcs. 16 Haud facile emergunt, quorum virtutibus... | |
| 1823 - 404 pages
...This life is subject to many vicissitudes, and no one knows what may be his own change of fortune. " Nil habet infelix paupertas durius in se, " Quam quod ridiculos homines facit." JUVENAL. Poca barba, poca verguenza. " Little bread, little shame." Alluding to young and ill-taught... | |
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