Curiosities in ProverbsG.P. Putman's sons, 1916 - 428 من الصفحات |
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... look a gift horse in the mouth . " Two thousand years ago they repeated the saying , " A fool shineth no longer than he holds his tongue , " and five thousand years ago they declared that " He that is wrong fights against himself ...
... look a gift horse in the mouth . " Two thousand years ago they repeated the saying , " A fool shineth no longer than he holds his tongue , " and five thousand years ago they declared that " He that is wrong fights against himself ...
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... look at courses of action from different points of view . " Proverbial wisdom , it must be borne in mind , " says Mr. Hulme , " deals sometimes with only one aspect of truth . The necessary brevity often makes the teaching one - sided ...
... look at courses of action from different points of view . " Proverbial wisdom , it must be borne in mind , " says Mr. Hulme , " deals sometimes with only one aspect of truth . The necessary brevity often makes the teaching one - sided ...
الصفحة 33
... to their faithful- ness in the use of charms and auguries . It is no wonder that in medieval times many people permitted themselves to be dominated by fears and forebodings . " He who looks for freets , 3 Introduction 33.
... to their faithful- ness in the use of charms and auguries . It is no wonder that in medieval times many people permitted themselves to be dominated by fears and forebodings . " He who looks for freets , 3 Introduction 33.
الصفحة 34
Dwight Edwards Marvin. and forebodings . " He who looks for freets , " says an old Scotch proverb , " freets will follow him . ” As a result of the prevalence of superstition in the days of our forefathers and its present dominant ...
Dwight Edwards Marvin. and forebodings . " He who looks for freets , " says an old Scotch proverb , " freets will follow him . ” As a result of the prevalence of superstition in the days of our forefathers and its present dominant ...
الصفحة 55
... looks as if he were hatching eggs . ' Applied to people who are stiff and formal in their manner , corresponding to the English simile , " As stiff as a ramrod . ' He claps his dish at a wrong man's door . ( English ) . See " Curious ...
... looks as if he were hatching eggs . ' Applied to people who are stiff and formal in their manner , corresponding to the English simile , " As stiff as a ramrod . ' He claps his dish at a wrong man's door . ( English ) . See " Curious ...
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