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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... 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 CHARACTERISTICS AND V.
... 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 CHARACTERISTICS AND V.
34. oldal
... lucky " and " un- lucky " times and procedures . PECULIAR PROVERBIAL FORMS Reference has been made to the use of similes and comparisons and to the grouping of objects in familiar sayings . Other forms are no less striking , as , for ...
... lucky " and " un- lucky " times and procedures . PECULIAR PROVERBIAL FORMS Reference has been made to the use of similes and comparisons and to the grouping of objects in familiar sayings . Other forms are no less striking , as , for ...
146. oldal
... luck may Come while the log is a tending . " As dark as a Yule midnight . ( Scotch ) . Robert Herrick . As fushionless as rue leaves at Yule . ( Scotch ) . " I followed my guide , but not , as I had supposed , into the body of the ...
... luck may Come while the log is a tending . " As dark as a Yule midnight . ( Scotch ) . Robert Herrick . As fushionless as rue leaves at Yule . ( Scotch ) . " I followed my guide , but not , as I had supposed , into the body of the ...
174. oldal
... ( Tamil ) . Equivalent to the common phrase , " It's none of your business . " You dance in a net and think nobody sees you . ( English ) . SUPERSTITION IN PROVERBS See Fortune and Luck in Proverbs . 174 Curiosities in Proverbs.
... ( Tamil ) . Equivalent to the common phrase , " It's none of your business . " You dance in a net and think nobody sees you . ( English ) . SUPERSTITION IN PROVERBS See Fortune and Luck in Proverbs . 174 Curiosities in Proverbs.
175. oldal
... Luck in Proverbs . After a dream of a wedding comes a corpse . ( English ) . It was a common superstition of olden times that when anyone , particularly lovers , dreamed about marriage , death and disaster were sure to follow . To dream ...
... Luck in Proverbs . After a dream of a wedding comes a corpse . ( English ) . It was a common superstition of olden times that when anyone , particularly lovers , dreamed about marriage , death and disaster were sure to follow . To dream ...
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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.