Curiosities in ProverbsG.P. Putman's sons, 1916 - 428 من الصفحات |
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الصفحة 17
... master or a slave . Education , social standing , political influence , and even religious profession offer no protection ; wherever there is a defect in character or conduct there is an opportunity , and an adage is easily found to ...
... master or a slave . Education , social standing , political influence , and even religious profession offer no protection ; wherever there is a defect in character or conduct there is an opportunity , and an adage is easily found to ...
الصفحة 21
... master ; its patience , docility , and mighty strength ; its jealousy , stupidity , and ferocity ; its manner of eating and drinking ; its ability to endure thirst , to make long and swift journeys ; its growling , biting , fighting ...
... master ; its patience , docility , and mighty strength ; its jealousy , stupidity , and ferocity ; its manner of eating and drinking ; its ability to endure thirst , to make long and swift journeys ; its growling , biting , fighting ...
الصفحة 35
... master , " when re- ferring to one who seeks his own advantage in serving another , and the native of Hindustan repeats the phrase " For beauty , a camel ; for singing , an ass , " when wishing to describe a neighbour whom he dislikes ...
... master , " when re- ferring to one who seeks his own advantage in serving another , and the native of Hindustan repeats the phrase " For beauty , a camel ; for singing , an ass , " when wishing to describe a neighbour whom he dislikes ...
الصفحة 55
... masters that which they were told to bring . Have you poked my eye with my own finger ? ( Telugu ) . Have you turned my arguments against me ? He appears as if he ate roasted spits . ( Spanish ) . " " See " Curious Proverbial Similes ...
... masters that which they were told to bring . Have you poked my eye with my own finger ? ( Telugu ) . Have you turned my arguments against me ? He appears as if he ate roasted spits . ( Spanish ) . " " See " Curious Proverbial Similes ...
الصفحة 67
... master , who took no time in killing it . The cunning jackal , who was himself eager to eat the liver , having heard of its marvellous powers , suggested to his master a preparatory bath before taking the remedy . The tiger approving of ...
... master , who took no time in killing it . The cunning jackal , who was himself eager to eat the liver , having heard of its marvellous powers , suggested to his master a preparatory bath before taking the remedy . The tiger approving of ...
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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