delectat

Varietas delectat, 'tis loathsome and tedious, what one still? which the satirist said of

Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

Multis nihil placet atque adeo et divitias damnant, et paupertatem, de morbis expostulant, bene valentes graviter ferunt, atque ut semel dicam, nihil eos delectat, &c. 1771.

Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

No worth is eminent in such lovely persons, all imperfections hid; non enim facile de his quos plurimum diligimus, turpitudinem suspicamur, for hearing, sight, touch, &c., our mind and all our senses are captivated, omnes sensus formosus delectat.

Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

'Hoc nolueris et debueris te si minu' delectat, quod τεχνίον Eisocratiumst ληρῶδεςque totum ac συμμειρακιῶδες, non operam perdo. '

The Student's Companion to Latin Authors Thomas Ross Mills

_Ep. _ v. 14, 1-2, 'Mihi nuntiatum est Cornutum Tertullum accepisse Aemiliae viae curam ... aliquanto magis me delectat mandatum mihi officium, postquam par Cornuto datum video.'

The Student's Companion to Latin Authors Thomas Ross Mills

"Si quis amiecum absentem rodere delectat ad hanc mensam accumbere indignus est."

Notes and Queries, Number 06, December 8, 1849 Various

Sir, -- In your Sixth Number, p. 93, J.E.M. wishes to know whence the motto, "Si quis amicum absentum rodere delectat," &c. is taken.

Notes and Queries, Number 07, December 15, 1849 Various

Nam ut mulieres esse dicuntur nonnullæ inornatæ, quas id ipsum diceat, sic hæc subtilis oratio etiam incompta delectat (For as lack of adornment is said to become some women; so this subtle oration, though without embellishment, gives delight) —Cicero: Orator, 23, 78.

Quotations 1919

Nam ut mulieres esse dicuntur nonnullæ inornatæ, quas id ipsum diceat, sic hæc subtilis oratio etiam incompta delectat (For as lack of adornment is said to become some women; so this subtle oration, though without embellishment, gives delight) —Cicero: Orator, 23, 78.

Quotations 1919

Nam ut mulieres esse dicuntur nonnullæ inornatæ, quas id ipsum diceat, sic hæc subtilis oratio etiam incompta delectat (For as lack of adornment is said to become some women; so this subtle oration, though without embellishment, gives delight) —Cicero: Orator, 23, 78.

Quotations 1919