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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الصفحة 15
... seen only when it is read in the original . Oriental phrases that seem in their translation to be commonplace similes and simple truisms often possess unusual beauty . There are certain subjects that everywhere lend themselves to ...
... seen only when it is read in the original . Oriental phrases that seem in their translation to be commonplace similes and simple truisms often possess unusual beauty . There are certain subjects that everywhere lend themselves to ...
الصفحة 18
... seen in the localities with which they are most famil- iar . Sometimes contradictions are caused by a changed emphasis in rendering and sometimes by incorrect repetition . Considering the different standards of life in the world and the ...
... seen in the localities with which they are most famil- iar . Sometimes contradictions are caused by a changed emphasis in rendering and sometimes by incorrect repetition . Considering the different standards of life in the world and the ...
الصفحة 21
... seen . Dr. Thomson who was intimately acquainted with the roving Arabs thus alludes to the fre- quency with which they refer to the camel : " There is scarcely any limit , " he declares , in The Land and the Book , " to the proverbs ...
... seen . Dr. Thomson who was intimately acquainted with the roving Arabs thus alludes to the fre- quency with which they refer to the camel : " There is scarcely any limit , " he declares , in The Land and the Book , " to the proverbs ...
الصفحة 51
... seen the peacock dance in the forest ? ( Hindus- tani ) . Who has seen a man of ability display his talents among those who are totally unable to appreciate his worth ? OBSCURE PROVERBS A feast uncovers a European's wooden leg ...
... seen the peacock dance in the forest ? ( Hindus- tani ) . Who has seen a man of ability display his talents among those who are totally unable to appreciate his worth ? OBSCURE PROVERBS A feast uncovers a European's wooden leg ...
الصفحة 53
... seen with the eye ; falsehood is heard with the ear . The space between the eye and the ear may be covered by four fingers . Sometimes the proverb is rendered , " Between truth and false- hood the distance is four inches , four inches ...
... seen with the eye ; falsehood is heard with the ear . The space between the eye and the ear may be covered by four fingers . Sometimes the proverb is rendered , " Between truth and false- hood the distance is four inches , four inches ...
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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
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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.