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 |
من داخل الكتاب
النتائج 1-5 من 33
الصفحة 19
... stone gathers no moss ' ; but , on the other hand , it is equally true that ' A tethered sheep soon starves . ' While one villager is content to remain in the little hamlet where he was born , living hardly throughout his life , the ...
... stone gathers no moss ' ; but , on the other hand , it is equally true that ' A tethered sheep soon starves . ' While one villager is content to remain in the little hamlet where he was born , living hardly throughout his life , the ...
الصفحة 56
... stone , kissed it , and left it . ( Persian ) . When he saw the nature of the task that was assigned to him , he realized his inability to perform it , and prudently declined to begin work . He'll lick the white frae your een . ( Scotch ) ...
... stone , kissed it , and left it . ( Persian ) . When he saw the nature of the task that was assigned to him , he realized his inability to perform it , and prudently declined to begin work . He'll lick the white frae your een . ( Scotch ) ...
الصفحة 70
... stone that had healing qualities . Whoever looked upon it was restored of whatever malady he had . On the death of the patriarch God removed the healing virtue from the stone and gave it to the sun's rays so that thereafter those who ...
... stone that had healing qualities . Whoever looked upon it was restored of whatever malady he had . On the death of the patriarch God removed the healing virtue from the stone and gave it to the sun's rays so that thereafter those who ...
الصفحة 84
... stones . ( English ) . " If you have a head made of glass , do not throw stones at me . ( Spanish ) . This saying is generally thought to have come into use from the following incident as given by Brewer : 66 ' When , on the union of ...
... stones . ( English ) . " If you have a head made of glass , do not throw stones at me . ( Spanish ) . This saying is generally thought to have come into use from the following incident as given by Brewer : 66 ' When , on the union of ...
الصفحة 85
... stones war him in the werre ( let him beware ) . ' It is not unlikely that the saying came from Spain and was adapted from the well - known Spanish aphorism , " He that has a roof of glass should not throw stones at his neighbour " or ...
... stones war him in the werre ( let him beware ) . ' It is not unlikely that the saying came from Spain and was adapted from the well - known Spanish aphorism , " He that has a roof of glass should not throw stones at his neighbour " or ...
طبعات أخرى - عرض جميع المقتطفات
عبارات ومصطلحات مألوفة
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
مقاطع مشهورة
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.