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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... given particular at- tention to the subject realize to what extent pro- verbs are quoted throughout the Bible . While Solomon wrote three thousand , some of which are preserved , the prophets and chroniclers of Israel quoted a large ...
... given particular at- tention to the subject realize to what extent pro- verbs are quoted throughout the Bible . While Solomon wrote three thousand , some of which are preserved , the prophets and chroniclers of Israel quoted a large ...
6. oldal
... given to them at the present time . They were often accepted as a final appeal . " The words of the ancients " were " the words of the wise " and therefore true . That is not to assume that they were always followed , for there were ...
... given to them at the present time . They were often accepted as a final appeal . " The words of the ancients " were " the words of the wise " and therefore true . That is not to assume that they were always followed , for there were ...
15. oldal
... given with a reasonable degree of accuracy , but the underlying thought and graceful ar- rangement of words can be seen only when it is read in the original . Oriental phrases that seem in their translation to be commonplace similes and ...
... given with a reasonable degree of accuracy , but the underlying thought and graceful ar- rangement of words can be seen only when it is read in the original . Oriental phrases that seem in their translation to be commonplace similes and ...
21. oldal
... the number could easily be doubled . A few are given in this volume with- out comment to indicate in some measure the range of such sayings . NATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS While men of different lands vary in the Introduction 21.
... the number could easily be doubled . A few are given in this volume with- out comment to indicate in some measure the range of such sayings . NATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS While men of different lands vary in the Introduction 21.
29. oldal
... given particu- larly to such as were picturesque , vivid , and witty . Some are grotesque in their new phrasing . Negro or plantation proverbs are uncouth , superstitious , and of narrow vision , but indicate a shrewd sense of human ...
... given particu- larly to such as were picturesque , vivid , and witty . Some are grotesque in their new phrasing . Negro or plantation proverbs are uncouth , superstitious , and of narrow vision , but indicate a shrewd sense of human ...
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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.