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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... wife becomes a widow who will cook for you ? " or the Greek adage , “ Shave an egg and take its hair ? " If proverbs are not necessarily short nor sensible they may possess the characteristic quality of saltness , at least in the sense ...
... wife becomes a widow who will cook for you ? " or the Greek adage , “ Shave an egg and take its hair ? " If proverbs are not necessarily short nor sensible they may possess the characteristic quality of saltness , at least in the sense ...
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... wife in perfect accord are the music of the harp and lute " ( Chinese ) ; " A widow is a rudderless boat " ( Chinese ) ; " An old man in love is like a flower in winter " ( Portuguese ) ; " Grey hairs are death's blossoms " ( English ) ...
... wife in perfect accord are the music of the harp and lute " ( Chinese ) ; " A widow is a rudderless boat " ( Chinese ) ; " An old man in love is like a flower in winter " ( Portuguese ) ; " Grey hairs are death's blossoms " ( English ) ...
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... absurd as the scenes suggested by the Behar observation , " The Kajar has gone to Bihar , while the wife has wide spread her eyelids , " and the Persian phrase , " The titmouse holds up its feet that the sky may not 2 Introduction 17.
... absurd as the scenes suggested by the Behar observation , " The Kajar has gone to Bihar , while the wife has wide spread her eyelids , " and the Persian phrase , " The titmouse holds up its feet that the sky may not 2 Introduction 17.
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... wife dishonours himself , " is a Gaelic saying that reflects the tone of all the proverbs of the people . The French take great pains in forming their maxims and , though they are sometimes trifling and boastful and show conceit , they ...
... wife dishonours himself , " is a Gaelic saying that reflects the tone of all the proverbs of the people . The French take great pains in forming their maxims and , though they are sometimes trifling and boastful and show conceit , they ...
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... as in a looking - glass . ( Italian ) . Proverbs lie on the lips of fools . ( English ) . Saith Solomon the wise , a good wife's a good prize . ( Eng- lish ) . Solomon made a book of proverbs , but a book 44 Curiosities in Proverbs.
... as in a looking - glass . ( Italian ) . Proverbs lie on the lips of fools . ( English ) . Saith Solomon the wise , a good wife's a good prize . ( Eng- lish ) . Solomon made a book of proverbs , but a book 44 Curiosities in Proverbs.
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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.