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"Why, then, Jack, there's something ominous something auspicious to happen, or we wouldn't have you here; for it's very seldom that you make part or parcel of this present congregation; seldom are you here, Jack, it must be confessed: however, you know the old classical proverb, or if you don't, I do, which will just answer as well Non semper ridet Apollo it's not every day Manus kills a bullock; so, as you are here, be prepared for us on Monday."
Here, in fine, stood a noted regiment; there moved their great captain; here the fleets fired their broadsides; and there the whole force rushed on to battle: Hic Dolopum manus, hic magnus tendebat Achilles, Classibus hic locus, hic acies certare solebat.
Twice incarcerated for refusing to take the oath he had twice, as he used to say, uttered in "In manus." He was of medium height, neither stout nor thin. His face, much wrinkled and hollowed and quite colorless, attracted immediate attention by the absolute tranquillity expressed in its shape, and by the purity of its outline, which seemed to be edged with light.
Here we met two young Holland women, Miss Boissevain and Rosa Manus, both wealthy, both anxious to help their countrywomen, but still a little uncertain as to the direction of their efforts. They came to Mrs.
Phrases in the Cynthia, like Tum mihi constantis deiecit lumina fastus Et caput impositis pressit Amor pedibus, or Qui non ante patet donec manus attigit ossa, are in the essential spirit of Meleager, and, though not verbally copied from him, have the precise quality of his rhythms and turns of phrase.
The wrinkled eyelids flutter open, the sea-worn voice feebly frames the responses; the dying eyes are fixed on the crucifix; and "In manus tuas Domine commendo spiritum meum." The Admiral is dead. He was in his fifty-sixth year, already an old man in body and mind; and his death went entirely unmarked except by his immediate circle of friends.
See letter in Life, vol. ix. pp. 281-287. Originally published in London in 8vo, 1764. This contemplated edition does not appear to have been printed. Ante, p. 118 n. As You Like It, Act II. Sc. 3. See Beaumont and Fletcher, Knight of the Burning Pestle, Act I. Sc. 3. Coelo supinas si tuleris manus Nascente luna, rustica Phidyle, etc. Hor. Lib. iii Od. 23.
Arnold, while not without emotional equipment, and inspired by idealism of a high order, introduces a yet larger element of practical season. Tendens manus ripæ ulterioris amore, he is yet first of all a man of this world. His chief instrument is common sense, and he looks at questions from the point of view of the highly intelligent and cultivated man.
But that is high matter, and ought not to be mixed with anything of so little moment as what may belong to me, or even to the Duke of Bedford. I have the honor to be, &c. Tristius haud illis monstrum, nec sævior ulla Pestis et ira Deûm Stygiis sese extulit undis. Virginei volucrum vultus, fœdissima ventris Proluvies, uncæque manus, et pallida semper Ora fame.
Cassiod, var. 1. 20. Loquacissimas manus, linguosos digitos, silentium clamosum, expositionem tacitam.
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