Curiosities in ProverbsG.P. Putman's sons, 1916 - 428 من الصفحات |
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... Scotch and Welsh proverbs naturally closely resemble those that are in use in England , par- ticularly in their practicability . As the English borrowed from the ancients , so the Scotch and Welsh borrowed from the English , and to meet ...
... Scotch and Welsh proverbs naturally closely resemble those that are in use in England , par- ticularly in their practicability . As the English borrowed from the ancients , so the Scotch and Welsh borrowed from the English , and to meet ...
الصفحة 46
... - African ) . Wise men mak ' proverbs and fools repeat them . ( Scotch ) . With the smooth - tongued it is proverbial that there is no fidelity . ( Osmanli ) . SINGULAR PROVERBS " Ahem ! " as Dick Smith said 46 Curiosities in Proverbs.
... - African ) . Wise men mak ' proverbs and fools repeat them . ( Scotch ) . With the smooth - tongued it is proverbial that there is no fidelity . ( Osmanli ) . SINGULAR PROVERBS " Ahem ! " as Dick Smith said 46 Curiosities in Proverbs.
الصفحة 50
... Scotch proverb , " Every man kens best where his own shoe pinches . ' Another Telugu expresses the same thought , " The hunchback alone knows how he can lie comfortably . " They say ! What say they ? Let them say . ( Scotch ) . “ This ...
... Scotch proverb , " Every man kens best where his own shoe pinches . ' Another Telugu expresses the same thought , " The hunchback alone knows how he can lie comfortably . " They say ! What say they ? Let them say . ( Scotch ) . “ This ...
الصفحة 62
... ( Scotch ) . " It was an old custom in Scotland , when lovers plighted their troth , to lick the thumbs of each other's right hands , which they pressed together and vowed fidelity . " — Andrew Cheviot . There went but a pair of shears ...
... ( Scotch ) . " It was an old custom in Scotland , when lovers plighted their troth , to lick the thumbs of each other's right hands , which they pressed together and vowed fidelity . " — Andrew Cheviot . There went but a pair of shears ...
الصفحة 69
... ( Scotch ) . " He will be hanged for leaving his liquor , like the saddler of Bawtry , " is a parallel proverb upon which comment is made elsewhere . The proverb is usually applied to men who leave their drink before they are through ...
... ( Scotch ) . " He will be hanged for leaving his liquor , like the saddler of Bawtry , " is a parallel proverb upon which comment is made elsewhere . The proverb is usually applied to men who leave their drink before they are through ...
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