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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... CHRISTMAS AND EASTER PROVERBS 145 GRACEFUL PROVERBS . 154 IMPOSSIBILITIES AND ABSURDITIES IN PROVERBS 164 SUPERSTITION IN PROVERBS . FORTUNE AND LUCK IN PROVERBS WEATHER PROVERBS 175 188 203 WIT AND HUMOUR IN PROVERBS LOCAL AND NATIONAL ...
... CHRISTMAS AND EASTER PROVERBS 145 GRACEFUL PROVERBS . 154 IMPOSSIBILITIES AND ABSURDITIES IN PROVERBS 164 SUPERSTITION IN PROVERBS . FORTUNE AND LUCK IN PROVERBS WEATHER PROVERBS 175 188 203 WIT AND HUMOUR IN PROVERBS LOCAL AND NATIONAL ...
144. oldal
... doubled then comes Moses . ( Hebrew , German ) . See Exod . v : I - 23 . Women are part cut out of men . ( Arabian ) . See Gen. ii : 23 . CHRISTMAS AND EASTER PROVERBS CHRISTMAS A black Christmas makes a 144 Curiosities in Proverbs.
... doubled then comes Moses . ( Hebrew , German ) . See Exod . v : I - 23 . Women are part cut out of men . ( Arabian ) . See Gen. ii : 23 . CHRISTMAS AND EASTER PROVERBS CHRISTMAS A black Christmas makes a 144 Curiosities in Proverbs.
145. oldal
... CHRISTMAS AND EASTER PROVERBS CHRISTMAS A black Christmas makes a fat churchyard . ( English , Scotch ) . See Weather Proverbs : " A green Christmas makes a fat churchyard . " It is an old superstition , without any foundation in fact ...
... CHRISTMAS AND EASTER PROVERBS CHRISTMAS A black Christmas makes a fat churchyard . ( English , Scotch ) . See Weather Proverbs : " A green Christmas makes a fat churchyard . " It is an old superstition , without any foundation in fact ...
146. oldal
... Christmas when they were used to kindle the new block . " Come bring with a noise , My merry , merry boys , The Christmas log to the firing , While my good dame she , Bids you all be free , And drink to your heart's desiring . " With ...
... Christmas when they were used to kindle the new block . " Come bring with a noise , My merry , merry boys , The Christmas log to the firing , While my good dame she , Bids you all be free , And drink to your heart's desiring . " With ...
147. oldal
... Christmas comes but once a year . ( English ) . It is also said , " New Year comes once a twelve- month . " ( English , Italian ) . " At Christmas play and make good cheer , For Christmas comes but once a year . Thomas Tusser . " For ...
... Christmas comes but once a year . ( English ) . It is also said , " New Year comes once a twelve- month . " ( English , Italian ) . " At Christmas play and make good cheer , For Christmas comes but once a year . Thomas Tusser . " For ...
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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.