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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... soon starves . ' While one villager is content to remain in the little hamlet where he was born , living hardly throughout his life , the recipient of a scanty wage , of soup and blankets from the vicarage or the hall , and finally of a ...
... soon starves . ' While one villager is content to remain in the little hamlet where he was born , living hardly throughout his life , the recipient of a scanty wage , of soup and blankets from the vicarage or the hall , and finally of a ...
الصفحة 76
... Soon thereafter a reprieve arrived . Had he stopped to drink , the delay would have saved his life . I beg your pardon , Madam Cow . ( Modern Greek ) . Used when one person is mistaken for another . Alexander Negris gives the following ...
... Soon thereafter a reprieve arrived . Had he stopped to drink , the delay would have saved his life . I beg your pardon , Madam Cow . ( Modern Greek ) . Used when one person is mistaken for another . Alexander Negris gives the following ...
الصفحة 78
... Soon the monster roused himself and grasping the skirt shook it , saying as he did so : ' If this be human , it's light , " then he rushed back into the water . I'm not a scholar and don't wish to be , as the fox said to the wolf ...
... Soon the monster roused himself and grasping the skirt shook it , saying as he did so : ' If this be human , it's light , " then he rushed back into the water . I'm not a scholar and don't wish to be , as the fox said to the wolf ...
الصفحة 82
... soon disappeared . No one being able to tell how it was lost , the saying went abroad that the peg had swallowed it . When good fortune returned , the King found his necklace on the peg where it had been hung . There's many a slip ...
... soon disappeared . No one being able to tell how it was lost , the saying went abroad that the peg had swallowed it . When good fortune returned , the King found his necklace on the peg where it had been hung . There's many a slip ...
الصفحة 83
... soon became a proverb . The weaver lost his way in a linseed field . ( Behar ) . See under this section , " Does a weaver know how to cut barley ? " See also Wit and Humor in Proverbs : " Now I am going to the battle of the frogs ...
... soon became a proverb . The weaver lost his way in a linseed field . ( Behar ) . See under this section , " Does a weaver know how to cut barley ? " See also Wit and Humor in Proverbs : " Now I am going to the battle of the frogs ...
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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.