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 |
Részletek a könyvből
1 - 5 találat összesen 37 találatból.
3. oldal
... rise to our familiar maxim- " Walls have ears . " During the time of Moses people compared their mighty hunters to Nimrod and their men of character and prowess to their heroes . Men of old did not call the words of their sages proverbs ...
... rise to our familiar maxim- " Walls have ears . " During the time of Moses people compared their mighty hunters to Nimrod and their men of character and prowess to their heroes . Men of old did not call the words of their sages proverbs ...
7. oldal
... rise from the " voice of the multitude . " Solomon was a king and spoke as a king ; his counsels were not so much the counsels of a man to his fellow men as of a sovereign to his subjects . His station and wisdom gave him a wide hearing ...
... rise from the " voice of the multitude . " Solomon was a king and spoke as a king ; his counsels were not so much the counsels of a man to his fellow men as of a sovereign to his subjects . His station and wisdom gave him a wide hearing ...
32. oldal
... rise at five , dine at nine , sup at five , go to bed at nine , makes a man live ninety and nine , " sometimes varying the form by saying , " To rise at six , eat at ten , sup at six , go to bed . at nine , makes a man live ten times ...
... rise at five , dine at nine , sup at five , go to bed at nine , makes a man live ninety and nine , " sometimes varying the form by saying , " To rise at six , eat at ten , sup at six , go to bed . at nine , makes a man live ten times ...
73. oldal
... rise . Failing , he took some corn in his hand and held it a short distance from its mouth , but it was in vain ; the mule was too weak to get on its feet . While the muleteer was engaged in thus coaxing his beast a neighbour passed ...
... rise . Failing , he took some corn in his hand and held it a short distance from its mouth , but it was in vain ; the mule was too weak to get on its feet . While the muleteer was engaged in thus coaxing his beast a neighbour passed ...
77. oldal
... rise from the following story : " Two men went to a wolf's den , when wolves still flourished in Scotland , for the purpose of carrying off the whelps . The den was in a cairn with a narrow entrance through which one of the men crept in ...
... rise from the following story : " Two men went to a wolf's den , when wolves still flourished in Scotland , for the purpose of carrying off the whelps . The den was in a cairn with a narrow entrance through which one of the men crept in ...
Más kiadások - Összes megtekintése
Gyakori szavak és kifejezések
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
Népszerű szakaszok
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.