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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23. oldal
... Scotch and Welsh proverbs naturally closely resemble those that are in use in England , par- ticularly in their practicability . As the English borrowed from the ancients , so the Scotch and Welsh borrowed from the English , and to meet ...
... Scotch and Welsh proverbs naturally closely resemble those that are in use in England , par- ticularly in their practicability . As the English borrowed from the ancients , so the Scotch and Welsh borrowed from the English , and to meet ...
43. oldal
... Scotch rendering of this rhyme leaves out the words " this year . St. Swithin's day ( July 15th ) is observed as a festival day in honour of St. Swithin , Bishop of Winchester , England - A.D . 852-862 . It is a proverb : " Can he be a ...
... Scotch rendering of this rhyme leaves out the words " this year . St. Swithin's day ( July 15th ) is observed as a festival day in honour of St. Swithin , Bishop of Winchester , England - A.D . 852-862 . It is a proverb : " Can he be a ...
50. oldal
... Scotch proverb , " Every man kens best where his own shoe pinches . ” Another Telugu expresses the same thought , " The hunchback alone knows how he can lie comfortably . ” They say ! What say they ? Let them say . ( Scotch ) . " This ...
... Scotch proverb , " Every man kens best where his own shoe pinches . ” Another Telugu expresses the same thought , " The hunchback alone knows how he can lie comfortably . ” They say ! What say they ? Let them say . ( Scotch ) . " This ...
61. oldal
... ( Scotch ) . Reform your life . " Turn over a new leaf . " That will happen in the week of four Thursdays . ( Louisi- ana Creole ) . You will keep your promise when a week has four Thursdays and not before . The beard will pay for the ...
... ( Scotch ) . Reform your life . " Turn over a new leaf . " That will happen in the week of four Thursdays . ( Louisi- ana Creole ) . You will keep your promise when a week has four Thursdays and not before . The beard will pay for the ...
69. oldal
... ( Scotch ) . " He will be hanged for leaving his liquor , like the saddler of Bawtry , " is a parallel proverb upon which comment is made elsewhere . The proverb is usually applied to men who leave their drink before they are through ...
... ( Scotch ) . " He will be hanged for leaving his liquor , like the saddler of Bawtry , " is a parallel proverb upon which comment is made elsewhere . The proverb is usually applied to men who leave their drink before they are through ...
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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.