This gave occasion to the proverbial saying concerning those of a melancholy air: "He has consulted Trophonius."

Seneca the father records the brilliant declamations of Ovid as a schoolboy, quoting at some length his plea for a wife who threw herself over a cliff on hearing of the death of her husband, and calling attention to several passages in Ovid's poems where the poet has borrowed the clever sayings of his professors in the school of rhetoric.

Will the witty sayings of Dickens be cherished like the almost inspired truths of Plato, of Bacon, of Burke?

Of whatever material the pen was made, it was called a calamus, whence our familiar saying, "currente calamo" ("with a flowing pen").

"Die to live," was a favourite saying of Sir Andrew's.

And surely the Maid did grow utter weak and weary; for she was not come proper unto her strength; yet did she make no odd saying to tell me of this thing.

His death was marked by many utterances of faith and of joy in God, and by his memorable saying to his sons"Be steady!

'They that trust to the sword shall perish by the sword,' 'tis so written, and is, meseemeth, a faithful saying.

"If a number of students are all day together, and in their conversation never approach the subject of righteousness, but are fond merely of giving currency to smart little sayings, they are difficult indeed to manage.

The depth of the meaning of some of his favorite sayings flashed over her.

He was exceedingly irritated at the reports of her bitter sayings, blended with ridicule and sarcasm.

" He then asked modestly if I could give him any other pithy saying which would be worthy of remembrance.

From the third volume, when LEECH got really into his stride, until his lamented early death in 1864, LEECH'S genius was at the service of his young friend: his quick perceptive kindly eyes ever vigilant for humorous incident, his ears alert for humorous sayings, and his hand translating all into pictorial drama and by a sure and benign instinct seizing always upon the happiest moment.

This reflection was very natural in a man of a good heart, who was not conscious of any ill-will to mankind, though the sharp sayings which were sometimes produced by his discrimination and vivacity, which he perhaps did not recollect, were, I am afraid, too often remembered with resentment.

After repeating to him some of his pointed, lively sayings, I said, 'It is a pity, Sir, you don't always remember your own good things, that you may have a laugh when you will.'

This remark appears to me to be well founded, and will account for many of the celebrated death-bed sayings which are recorded[1097].

O Master Parson, write down this sweet saying of her in Grim's commendations.

The profound saying which morally as well as poetically sums up all tragic artthat action is passionholds true no doubt also of ancient tragedy; it exhibits man in action, but it makes no real attempt to individualize him.

No spiritual thing dies, or even grows old, nor does it drift backward in the dwindling perspective of ancient history, and the foolishest saying of man is that "you cannot turn back the hands of the clock.

Mohammedan rulers have had more trouble than they cared for with candidates for the dignity of the Mahdî; and it is not surprising that in official Turkish circles there is a tendency to simplify the Messianic expectation by giving the fullest weight to this traditional saying of Mohammed "There is no mahdî but Jesus," seeing that Jesus must come from the clouds, whereas other mahdîs may arise from human society.

bueno, -a, good, kind, well, fine; una buena, a good one; a warm reception; Noche Buena, Christmas eve; mass of Christmas eve; s evaugelios, some holy sayings; some of the holy Scriptures; de buen tono, fashionable; subst.

None dare take from them or add to them; and our coming to church, therefore, must be for more reasons than for the mere saying of our prayers.

But I find much to interest me in trite sayings.

In a splenetick, sarcastical, or jocular frame, however, he would sometimes utter a pointed saying of that nature.

" Selfishness grasps at help from the hackneyed sayings, that it is "best for children to bear the yoke in their youth;" "the sooner they learn that they cannot have their own way the better;" "it is a good discipline for them to practise self-denial," &c.