Curiosities in Proverbs: A Collection of Unusual Adages, Maxims, Aphorisms, Phrases and Other Popular Dicta from Many Lands, Classified and Arranged with AnnotationsG.P. Putman's sons, 1916 - 428 oldal |
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... Chinese Moral Maxims . Macao DAVIS , W. A. Japanese Songs and Proverbs . Kyoto , 1913 . DISRAELI , ISAAC . Curiosities of Literature . 4 volumes . Art . The Philosophy of Proverbs . London and New York , 1838 . DUNWOODY , H. H. C. ...
... Chinese Moral Maxims . Macao DAVIS , W. A. Japanese Songs and Proverbs . Kyoto , 1913 . DISRAELI , ISAAC . Curiosities of Literature . 4 volumes . Art . The Philosophy of Proverbs . London and New York , 1838 . DUNWOODY , H. H. C. ...
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... China ninety - six . The Arabs are very fond of group- ing objects in their sayings and not infrequently use from twenty to forty words in giving expres- sion to their thoughts . As for sensibility , what reason is there in the Italian ...
... China ninety - six . The Arabs are very fond of group- ing objects in their sayings and not infrequently use from twenty to forty words in giving expres- sion to their thoughts . As for sensibility , what reason is there in the Italian ...
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... ( Chinese ) ; " A widow is a rudderless boat " ( Chinese ) ; " An old man in love is like a flower in winter " ( Portuguese ) ; " Grey hairs are death's blossoms " ( English ) ; " The almond tree is in flower " -referring to the silver ...
... ( Chinese ) ; " A widow is a rudderless boat " ( Chinese ) ; " An old man in love is like a flower in winter " ( Portuguese ) ; " Grey hairs are death's blossoms " ( English ) ; " The almond tree is in flower " -referring to the silver ...
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... Chinese , as well as the Arabs , delight in phrasing their thoughts in poetical language . It is difficult to translate an Eastern proverb and retain its beauty . The meaning may be given with a reasonable degree of accuracy , but the ...
... Chinese , as well as the Arabs , delight in phrasing their thoughts in poetical language . It is difficult to translate an Eastern proverb and retain its beauty . The meaning may be given with a reasonable degree of accuracy , but the ...
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... China , are fond of what is called grouping or cumulative proverbs . Many of the same character are found among the Hebrews and Scottish High- landers as well as among other people . The following will be sufficient in this place to ...
... China , are fond of what is called grouping or cumulative proverbs . Many of the same character are found among the Hebrews and Scottish High- landers as well as among other people . The following will be sufficient in this place to ...
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African Alexander Hislop Arabian Arabs asked Assamese beard beauty Behar Bengalese better Bible bird blind bread camel cheese Chinese Christmas comes Creole crow Danish death devil drink Dutch eggs English evil fool fortune French Gaelic German give goat gude hair hand hath head heart Hebrew Hindustani honour horse indicate Irish Italian Japanese John John Heywood Kashmiri king land Latin lish live Louisiana Creole luck lucky Luke man's Marathi marry Martinique master Matt misfortune Modern Greek morning mouth never night Osmanli Persian phrase Portuguese Prov proverb is applied quoted rain referring replied Rhyme Russian Sanskrit saying Scotch Scotland simile snake sneeze sometimes Spanish stone tail Tamil Telugu Testament thee things Thomas Tusser thou tomorrow tongue tree Turkish weather weaver Welsh wife wind wise woman words Yule
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99. oldal - A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
98. oldal - A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city ; and their contentions are like the bars of a castle.
112. oldal - There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
182. oldal - Tis as the general pulse Of life stood still, and Nature made a pause ; An awful pause! prophetic of her end.
125. oldal - For whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even that which he hath.
95. oldal - The best laid schemes o' mice an' men Gang aft a-gley, An' lea'e us nought but grief an' pain For promis'd joy. Still thou art blest compared wi' me ! The present only toucheth thee : But, och ! I backward cast my e'e On prospects drear, An' forward, tho' I canna see, I guess an
146. oldal - Come, bring with a noise, My merry, merry boys, The Christmas log to the firing ; While my good dame, she Bids ye all be free, And drink to your hearts
104. oldal - Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.
119. oldal - For it is easier for a camel to go through a needle's eye, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.
110. oldal - Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots ? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil.