Curiosities in Proverbs: A Collection of Unusual Adages, Maxims, Aphorisms, Phrases and Other Popular Dicta from Many LandsG.P. Putman's sons, 1916 - 428 oldal |
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8. oldal
... come into common use among the people . Homer , Æsop , Solon , Aristotle , and others had introduced a large number of adages to the Jews of Palestine and the number was increased by the addition of such as were wrought out of daily ...
... come into common use among the people . Homer , Æsop , Solon , Aristotle , and others had introduced a large number of adages to the Jews of Palestine and the number was increased by the addition of such as were wrought out of daily ...
22. oldal
... comes . The old Greeks were fond of making proverbs that contained references to their mythology , poetry , and history ; while the Romans , though they often borrowed from the sayings of the Greeks , seldom referred to their gods and ...
... comes . The old Greeks were fond of making proverbs that contained references to their mythology , poetry , and history ; while the Romans , though they often borrowed from the sayings of the Greeks , seldom referred to their gods and ...
32. oldal
... come into use when medical science was crude and people depended to a great extent on signs and omens . It is amusing to read that when the night- caps were worn men gravely said : " Cover your head by day as much as you will , by night ...
... come into use when medical science was crude and people depended to a great extent on signs and omens . It is amusing to read that when the night- caps were worn men gravely said : " Cover your head by day as much as you will , by night ...
33. oldal
... comes eat bread and onions . " SUPERSTITION IN PROVERBS The more ignorant the community , the more absolutely it depends on signs and omens ; savages are always slaves to their fancies . When people in favoured lands quote proverbs that ...
... comes eat bread and onions . " SUPERSTITION IN PROVERBS The more ignorant the community , the more absolutely it depends on signs and omens ; savages are always slaves to their fancies . When people in favoured lands quote proverbs that ...
34. oldal
... come into use as warnings against injury from unseen powers and as precepts regarding " lucky " and " un- lucky " times and procedures . PECULIAR PROVERBIAL FORMS Reference has been made to the use of similes and comparisons and to the ...
... come into use as warnings against injury from unseen powers and as precepts regarding " lucky " and " un- lucky " times and procedures . PECULIAR PROVERBIAL FORMS Reference has been made to the use of similes and comparisons and to the ...
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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.
112. oldal - There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty. The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself.
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.
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
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.
105. oldal - Though the mills of God grind slowly, yet they grind exceeding small; Though with patience he stands waiting, with exactness grinds he all.
109. oldal - Hope deferred maketh the heart sick : but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.