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 من الصفحات |
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... Gaelic Proverbs and Edinburgh , 1819 . Marathi Proverbs . Oxford , 1899 . French and English Idioms and Proverbs . 3 volumes . London and Paris , 1896 . MASAYOSHI , OTA . Japanese Proverbs . 1893 . MORTON , W. A. A Collection of Bengali ...
... Gaelic Proverbs and Edinburgh , 1819 . Marathi Proverbs . Oxford , 1899 . French and English Idioms and Proverbs . 3 volumes . London and Paris , 1896 . MASAYOSHI , OTA . Japanese Proverbs . 1893 . MORTON , W. A. A Collection of Bengali ...
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... Gaelic proverbs are strikingly free from vulgarisms ; on the other hand they are bright and witty , which atones for much of their harshness and shows the presence of good nature and a kindly spirit . The proverbs in common use among ...
... Gaelic proverbs are strikingly free from vulgarisms ; on the other hand they are bright and witty , which atones for much of their harshness and shows the presence of good nature and a kindly spirit . The proverbs in common use among ...
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... Gaelic maxims closely resemble those spoken in the north of Ireland and in the Isle of Man owing to their Celtic origin . The sayings commonly quoted by the Scotch Highlanders may be classed among the best for they never commend wrong ...
... Gaelic maxims closely resemble those spoken in the north of Ireland and in the Isle of Man owing to their Celtic origin . The sayings commonly quoted by the Scotch Highlanders may be classed among the best for they never commend wrong ...
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... ( Gaelic ) . Good sayings are like pearls strung together . ( Chinese ) . He is the proverb of the age . ( Persian ) . Applied to people of distinction , particularly to those who have become known because of the evil that they have done ...
... ( Gaelic ) . Good sayings are like pearls strung together . ( Chinese ) . He is the proverb of the age . ( Persian ) . Applied to people of distinction , particularly to those who have become known because of the evil that they have done ...
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... accuracy the existing state of their manners and ways of thinking . " - John Francis Davis . The old saying long proved true shall never be believed . ( Gaelic ) . There are forty proverbs about the bear , and the Proverbs about Proverbs ...
... accuracy the existing state of their manners and ways of thinking . " - John Francis Davis . The old saying long proved true shall never be believed . ( Gaelic ) . There are forty proverbs about the bear , and the Proverbs about Proverbs ...
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الصفحة 99 - A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
الصفحة 98 - A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city ; and their contentions are like the bars of a castle.
الصفحة 112 - There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
الصفحة 182 - Tis as the general pulse Of life stood still, and Nature made a pause ; An awful pause! prophetic of her end.
الصفحة 125 - 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.
الصفحة 95 - 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
الصفحة 146 - 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
الصفحة 104 - 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.
الصفحة 119 - 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.
الصفحة 110 - Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots ? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil.