Curiosities in Proverbs: A Collection of Unusual Adages, Maxims, Aphorisms, Phrases and Other Popular Dicta from Many LandsG.P. Putman's sons, 1916 - 428 من الصفحات |
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... English Tongue Concerning Marriage . London . Various Editions . HISLOP , ALEXANDER . The Proverbs of Scotland . Edin- burgh . London , 1906 . London , 1898 . HULME , F. EDWARD . Proverb Lore . INWARDS , RICHARD . Weather Lore . JONES ...
... English Tongue Concerning Marriage . London . Various Editions . HISLOP , ALEXANDER . The Proverbs of Scotland . Edin- burgh . London , 1906 . London , 1898 . HULME , F. EDWARD . Proverb Lore . INWARDS , RICHARD . Weather Lore . JONES ...
الصفحة x
... English Proverbs . Various Editions . ROBERTS , J. R. The Proverbs of Wales . Penmaenmawr , 1885 . ROEBUCK , THOMAS . A Collection of Proverbs and Pro- verbial Phrases in the Persian and Hindustani Lan- guages . Calcutta , 1824 . SKEAT ...
... English Proverbs . Various Editions . ROBERTS , J. R. The Proverbs of Wales . Penmaenmawr , 1885 . ROEBUCK , THOMAS . A Collection of Proverbs and Pro- verbial Phrases in the Persian and Hindustani Lan- guages . Calcutta , 1824 . SKEAT ...
الصفحة 23
... English borrowed from the ancients , so the Scotch and Welsh borrowed from the English , and to meet their own needs changed the English forms of expression wherever it became necessary and added other apt sayings wrought out of their ...
... English borrowed from the ancients , so the Scotch and Welsh borrowed from the English , and to meet their own needs changed the English forms of expression wherever it became necessary and added other apt sayings wrought out of their ...
الصفحة 47
... ( English ) . " Make a virtue of necessity . " ( English ) . Cold water to hot water ; hot water to cold water . ( Telugu ) There is a great advantage to be gained by uniting , as in marriage , two people of different dispositions ...
... ( English ) . " Make a virtue of necessity . " ( English ) . Cold water to hot water ; hot water to cold water . ( Telugu ) There is a great advantage to be gained by uniting , as in marriage , two people of different dispositions ...
الصفحة 50
... ( English ) . 777 There are no fans in hell . ( Arabic ) . ( Telugu ) . The snake only knows where its feet are . This proverb is founded on the belief that the snake has invisible feet , and is used by the Telugus as an equivalent to the ...
... ( English ) . 777 There are no fans in hell . ( Arabic ) . ( Telugu ) . The snake only knows where its feet are . This proverb is founded on the belief that the snake has invisible feet , and is used by the Telugus as an equivalent to the ...
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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 112 - There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty. The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself.
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 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 110 - Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots ? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil.
الصفحة 105 - Though the mills of God grind slowly, yet they grind exceeding small; Though with patience he stands waiting, with exactness grinds he all.
الصفحة 109 - Hope deferred maketh the heart sick : but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.