Curiosities in ProverbsG.P. Putman's sons, 1916 - 428 من الصفحات |
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... given particular at- tention to the subject realize to what extent pro- verbs are quoted throughout the Bible . While Solomon wrote three thousand , some of which are preserved , the prophets and chroniclers of Israel quoted a large ...
... given particular at- tention to the subject realize to what extent pro- verbs are quoted throughout the Bible . While Solomon wrote three thousand , some of which are preserved , the prophets and chroniclers of Israel quoted a large ...
الصفحة 6
... given to them at the present time . They were often accepted as a final appeal . " The words of the ancients " were " the words of the wise " and therefore true . That is not to assume that they were always followed , for there were ...
... given to them at the present time . They were often accepted as a final appeal . " The words of the ancients " were " the words of the wise " and therefore true . That is not to assume that they were always followed , for there were ...
الصفحة 15
... given with a reasonable degree of accuracy , but the underlying thought and graceful ar- rangement of words can be seen only when it is read in the original . Oriental phrases that seem in their translation to be commonplace similes and ...
... given with a reasonable degree of accuracy , but the underlying thought and graceful ar- rangement of words can be seen only when it is read in the original . Oriental phrases that seem in their translation to be commonplace similes and ...
الصفحة 21
... the number could easily be doubled . A few are given in this volume with- out comment to indicate in some measure the range of such sayings . NATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS While men of different lands vary in the Introduction 21.
... the number could easily be doubled . A few are given in this volume with- out comment to indicate in some measure the range of such sayings . NATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS While men of different lands vary in the Introduction 21.
الصفحة 29
... given particu- larly to such as were picturesque , vivid , and witty . Some are grotesque in their new phrasing . Negro or plantation proverbs are uncouth , superstitious , and of narrow vision , but indicate a shrewd sense of human ...
... given particu- larly to such as were picturesque , vivid , and witty . Some are grotesque in their new phrasing . Negro or plantation proverbs are uncouth , superstitious , and of narrow vision , but indicate a shrewd sense of human ...
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African Arabian Arabs asked Assamese beard beauty Behar Bengalese better Bible bird blind 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 INDIANENSIS 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 SIGILLUM simile snake sneeze sometimes Spanish stone tail Tamil Telugu Testament thee things Thomas Tusser thou tomorrow tongue tree Turkish Urdu weather weaver Welsh wife wind wise woman words Yule