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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6. oldal
... evil - doers , they were useful both for admonition and warning . The Hebrews re- garded themselves as set apart by God as a peculiar people , a holy nation ; they would there- fore naturally feel that the trivial and humorous sayings ...
... evil - doers , they were useful both for admonition and warning . The Hebrews re- garded themselves as set apart by God as a peculiar people , a holy nation ; they would there- fore naturally feel that the trivial and humorous sayings ...
30. oldal
... evil maxims abound and depraved men in sections where exhortations to virtue and morality are common . WEATHER PROVERBS It has been thought strange that intelligent people should make the weather a topic of conversation . " When folks ...
... evil maxims abound and depraved men in sections where exhortations to virtue and morality are common . WEATHER PROVERBS It has been thought strange that intelligent people should make the weather a topic of conversation . " When folks ...
32. oldal
... evil habits are worthy of the highest commendation , but most of the health proverbs are valueless , having come into use when medical science was crude and people depended to a great extent on signs and omens . It is amusing to read ...
... evil habits are worthy of the highest commendation , but most of the health proverbs are valueless , having come into use when medical science was crude and people depended to a great extent on signs and omens . It is amusing to read ...
33. oldal
... evil on His children according to their faithful- ness in the use of charms and auguries . It is no wonder that in medieval times many people permitted themselves to be dominated by fears . and forebodings . " He who looks for freets ...
... evil on His children according to their faithful- ness in the use of charms and auguries . It is no wonder that in medieval times many people permitted themselves to be dominated by fears . and forebodings . " He who looks for freets ...
43. oldal
... evil that they have done . He reads us proverbs about the wolf . ( Osmanli ) . That is he carries out his purpose by trickery and by direct assault . If St. Swithin greets this year , the proverb says , the weather will be foul for ...
... evil that they have done . He reads us proverbs about the wolf . ( Osmanli ) . That is he carries out his purpose by trickery and by direct assault . If St. Swithin greets this year , the proverb says , the weather will be foul for ...
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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.