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calamity and affliction, too often subject us to the cruel attacks of malevolence and slander.-M.M.

42. Ad captandum vulgum. (Lat.)-"To captivate the vulgar." A bait thrown out to gain the plaudits of a mob.-M.D.

43. A Deo et rege. (Lat.)-" From God and from my king." Motto of the earls Chesterfield, Harrington and Stanhope.-M.D.

44. Adde parvum parvo, magnus acervus erit. (Lat.)-" Continue adding a little, to what was originally little, and you will form a great heap." This would be well construed by the Scotch proverb, "Many littles make a mickle.М.

45. Adeone homines immutari

Ex amore, ut non cognoscas eundem esse? TER.-" Is it possible that a man can be so changed by love, that one could not recognize him to be the same person?"-M.D.

46. Adeo in teneris consuescere multum est. VIRG. - " It is of infinite importance to be thus trained in our youth." The value of sound, correct principles, early implanted in the human mind, is incalculable.-M.D.

47. Ad eundem. (Lat.)-"To the same" (rank, class, or degree). In changing from one university to another, one is said to be received ad eundem gradum, that is, to the same rank which he held in the society or congregation from which he had separated himself. -M.D.

48. Adhibenda est munditia, non odiosa, neque exquisita nimis, tantum quæ fugiat agrestem ac inhumanam negligentiam. Cic.-" We should exhibit (in our dress) a constant neatness, not too exquisite or affected, and equally remote from rustic and unpolished negligence."

-М.

49. Adhuc sub judice lis est. (Lat.)-" The point in dispute is still before the judge." The controversy is yet undecided.-M.D.

50. Ad humum mærore gravi deducit et angit. (Lat.)-" With heart-rending grief he is weighed down to the earth."

"Grief dejects and wrings the tortured soul." ROSCOMMON.-М. 51. Adieu la voiture, adieu la boutique. (Fr. Prov.)-"Adieu to the carriage, adieu to the shop." There is an end of the business; the establishment is broken up.-M.D.

52. Ad infimas abjectiones ac preces descendit. (Lat.)-" He stooped even to the most abject entreaties and supplications." .

53. Ad infinitum.--" Without end, to infinity." The affair may proceed, or the calculation may be carried on, ad infinitum.-M.D.

54. A discrétion. (Fr. phrase.)-" Agreeably to your discretion." Without limitation.-M.

55. Aditus est ipsi ad omnes facilis et pervius. CIC.-"Every door is open to him." He has a free entrée, is well received every where.-M. 56. A divitibus omnia magnifice fiunt. (Lat.)-" All things are magnificently executed by the rich." Those on whom Providence has bestowed ample fortunes, are expected to be more liberal in their expenditure, more munificent in their charities, more splendid in their appointments, and more sumptuous in their style of living, than those on whom the favours of fortune have not been lavished with so profuse a hand.-M.

57. Adjuro numquam eam me deserturum,

Non si capiendos mihi sciam esse inimicos omnes homines ;
Hanc mihi expetivi, contingit, conveniunt mores; valeant

Qui inter nos discidium volunt; hanc, nisi mors, mi adimet nemo
TER.-" I swear never to forsake her, no! though I were to make
all men my enemies. Her I desired above all things, her I have
obtained; it is well. Our humours agree; fie upon all who would
set us at variance. Death alone shall deprive me of her.”—М.

58. Ad Kalendas Græcas. (Lat.)-" At the Greek Kalends." As the Greeks, in their division of their months had no Kalends, (they being used by the Romans only) this phrase was in allusion to a thing that could never take place; to a period of time that never could arrive, to some event that was improbable, if not utterly impossible.-M.D.

59. Ad libitum. (Lat.)-" At pleasure, agreeably to your inclination." In music this applies to the introduction of certain variations in the composition, or changes in the time, which are left to the taste and skill of the performer.-M.D.

60. Ad mensuram aquam bibit. (Lat.)-" He drinks water by measure." He is so parsimonious as to grudge himself even a drink of water. -М.

61. Ad minora me demittere non recusabo. QUINT. -" I will not refuse to descend to even the most minute circumstances." I will investigate all the minutiæ of the business.-M.

62. Admonere voluimus, non mordere ;

Prodesse, non lædere ; consulere morbis hominum,

Non officere. ERAS.-"Our object is, to admonish, not to sting; to improve, not to wound; to correct the errors of men, not to obstruct them in their career."-M.

63. Ad nullum consurgit opus, cum corpore languet. GALLUS. "We in vain summon the mind to intense application, when the body is in a languid state." The mind is incapable of active exertion, when the nerves are shaken, the body debilitated.-M.D.

64. Ad ogni santo la sua torcia. (Ital.)—“Every saint his torch." The insignia of his office are to be conceded to every man; and if we expect, through a saint, to derive blessings, we must indulge him with all the attributes appertaining to the priesthood.-M.D.

65. Ad ogni uccello suo nido è bello. (Ital. Prov.)-" Every bird thinks its own nest beautiful." This may be in allusion, either to the innate attachment which all living creatures feel to their home, or to the natural affection we bear towards the place of our own nativity, or that of our offspring.-M.D.

66. Adolescentem verecundum esse decet. PLAUTUS.-" It is becoming in a young man to be modest." A certain degree of modesty and reserve in the manners of young persons are sure passports to the good opinion and esteem of their superiors in age as well as in rank. -M.D.

67. Ad omnem libidinem projectus homo. (Lat.) -" A man addicted to every species of dissipation." A man who is dissolute and abandoned.-M. 68. Adornare verbis benefacta. PLIN.-" To enhance the value of a favour by kind expressions." Gifts of little or no intrinsic worth, are often rendered valuable by the manner in which they are given.-M. 69. Ad populum phaleras, ego te intus et in cute novi. PERSIUS.-" Display your finery to the vulgar, I know the outward conduct, as well as the inward movements of thy heart." Thou mayest deceive the common people, me thou canst not.-M.M.

"Such pageantry be to the people shown,

There boast thy horse's trappings and thy own;
I know thee to the bottom, from within
Thy shallow centre to thy utmost skin."

70. Astrictus necessitate. CIC.-" Bound, compelled, by necessity." Driven by the irresistible force of necessity, to the performance of any act, or the adoption of any measures.-М.

71. Ad quæstionem juris respondeant judices, ad quæstionem facti respondeant juratores. (Lat. Law Max.)-" It is the business of the judge to answer as to the point of law, and the duty of the jurors to decide as to the matter of fact."-M.D.

72. Ad quod damnum. (Law Lat.)-"To what damage," A writ issued on certain occasions, to enquire into the damage that may be sustained by certain persons, from any projected measure.-M.D.

73. Ad referendum. (Lat)-"To be referred," or, to be left for future consideration. A phrase introduced in diplomacy by the Dutch, and now become proverbial, to express tardiness in deliberation, and a want of promptitude in decision.-M.D.

74. Ad rem attentus est. (Lat.)-" He is attentive to business. He takes care of his money;" or, in homely phraseology, he minds the main chance.-M.

75. Adscriptus gleba.“ Belonging to the soil, or premises." That may be disposed of with the land, as is the case, at this day, with the wretched peasantry of the Russian empire. A cruel and unjust privilege enjoyed in barbarous days by the landed proprietors of other countries.-M.D.

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Regula, peccatis quæ pœnas irroget æquas. Hor-"Let a law be established which shall inflict punishment suited to the crime."

77. Ad tristem partem strenua est suspicio. PUB. SYR.-" The minds of men who have been unfortunate in their business, are peculiarly susceptible of suspicious impressions;" and in such cases, we are apt to impute treachery or dishonesty to all with whom we have been concerned.-M.D.

78. Adulandi gens prudentissima laudat

Sermonem indocti, faciem deformis amici. Juv.-"The cunning race of flatterers praise the conversation of their uninformed, and the countenance of their deformed friend. They direct their attacks against the folly, the vanity, the weakness, the foibles of him whom they wish to deceive.-M.

79. Ad valorem. -" According to the actual value." A phrase used in imposing duties on articles of merchandise, either at the import or export, when they are to pay so much, ad valorem, or according to their value.-M.D.

80. Ægrescitque medendo. VIRG.-" He destroys his health by the pains he takes to preserve it."-M.D.

81. Ægri somnia vana. Hor.-" The delusive dreams of a sick person." -The ever-changing fancies of a distempered imagination.-М.М.

82. Ægroto dum anima est, spes est. Cic.-" While a sick man has life, there is hope." This is become a common proverb in our language. While there is life there is hope. -M.М.

83. Æmulatio æmulationem parit. (Lat.)---" Emulation begets emulation." A spirit of emulation excites industry and diligence; these, by their natural results, induce prosperity, and our success stimulates our neighbour to similar exertion.-M.

84. Æmulus studiorum et laborum. CIC.-" Vying in his studies and labours." Zealous in the pursuit of knowledge; and rivalling his contemporaries in the advancement of his fortune.-M.

85. Æquá lege necessitas

Sortitur insignes et imos.-HOR.-" By a just decree, death is equally allotted to those in the highest, as in the lowest stations of life." The visitations of prosperity, of misfortune, of death, are impartially entailed on the whole race of mankind.-M.

86. Æquabiliter et diligenter. (Lat.)-" Equitably and diligently." Motto

of Baron Redesdale. -М.

87. Æquam memento rebus in arduis

Servare mentem, non secus in bonis

Ab insolenti temperatam

Lætitia, moriture Delli. HoR.-" In arduous and trying circumstances preserve equanimity, and equally (O my short-lived Dellius) in prosperous hours restrain the ebullitions of excessive joy."

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88. Æquam servare mentem. (Lat.) -" to preserve an equal mind." Motto

of earl Rivers.-M.

89. Æqua tellus

Pauperi recluditur regumque pueris. -HOR.-" The earth is opened equally to receive the child of the peasant as of the king." This is the same sentiment that is contained in a quotation given a little back, æquá lege, &c.-М.М.

90. Æquo animo. (Lat.)-" With an even mind." With a mind unruffled, unmoved by the incidents of life; with equanimity. Motto of the Irish Baron Pemtryn.-M.D.

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Peccatis veniam poscentem reddere rursus. Hor." It is just that he, who expects forgiveness, should, in his turn, extend his pardon to others." Our forgiveness of the venial transgressions which so frequently give rise to animosities, and disturb the peace of society, should be prompt and mutual; and the divine Author of our religion has taught us, that, "as we forgive them that trespass against us, so may we hope to be forgiven." -М.М.

92. Æs debitorem leve, gravius inimicum facit. LAB.-" A trifling debt makes a man your debtor, but a more weighty one makes him your enemy."-M.D.

93. Æsopo ingentem statuam posuere Attici, servumque locarunt æternd in basi, patere honoris scirent ut cuncti viam. PHÆDR.-"The Athenians erected a colossal statue to Æsop, and placed him, though a slave, upon a permanent pedestal, that all might know that the way to honour lay open alike to all."-M.

94. Estimatio delicti præteriti, ex post facto non crescit. (Jus. Antiq.)

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