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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37. oldal
... father ? " Sometimes it was a play on words , as when in Scotland it was said that " May - be's are na aye honey bees , " in Wales that " The butter is in the cow's horns , " and in America that " Sherry cobblers mend no shoes . " There ...
... father ? " Sometimes it was a play on words , as when in Scotland it was said that " May - be's are na aye honey bees , " in Wales that " The butter is in the cow's horns , " and in America that " Sherry cobblers mend no shoes . " There ...
52. oldal
... father's duty to teach his son a trade that would command respect . Among those that were considered unprofitable was that of the barber , who , throughout the East , added to his other duties the practice of blood - letting hence the ...
... father's duty to teach his son a trade that would command respect . Among those that were considered unprofitable was that of the barber , who , throughout the East , added to his other duties the practice of blood - letting hence the ...
68. oldal
... father , who declared that the price was too high . In time business success returned to the merchant and he became rich . Travelling again with his son , he came to a village where an egg was on sale for a rupee . The young man ...
... father , who declared that the price was too high . In time business success returned to the merchant and he became rich . Travelling again with his son , he came to a village where an egg was on sale for a rupee . The young man ...
80. oldal
... father he had seen a kite carry him off . On the other's alleging the impossibility of the thing , his friend made this reply . " - Thomas Roebuck . On one side the Chevemisa , on the other take 80 Curiosities in Proverbs.
... father he had seen a kite carry him off . On the other's alleging the impossibility of the thing , his friend made this reply . " - Thomas Roebuck . On one side the Chevemisa , on the other take 80 Curiosities in Proverbs.
92. oldal
... father's tongue . ( Danish ) . Folks who advise you to buy A BIG - BELLIED HORSE in a rainy season won't help you to feed him in the dry season when the grass is scarce . ( Trinidad Creole ) . The rainy season is the season during which ...
... father's tongue . ( Danish ) . Folks who advise you to buy A BIG - BELLIED HORSE in a rainy season won't help you to feed him in the dry season when the grass is scarce . ( Trinidad Creole ) . The rainy season is the season during which ...
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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.