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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... 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 ...
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... Scotch say , " Mair haste the waur speed , ' quo ' the wee tailor to the lang thread , " and the Chinese declare that " Confucius said , ' A man without distant care must have near sorrow . ' More curious than the embodiment of quota ...
... Scotch say , " Mair haste the waur speed , ' quo ' the wee tailor to the lang thread , " and the Chinese declare that " Confucius said , ' A man without distant care must have near sorrow . ' More curious than the embodiment of quota ...
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... ( Scotch ) . " Neat but not gaudy , " as the devil said when he painted his tail sky - blue . ( English ) . Ten in the pocket ; ten in the heart ; ten in the pillow . ( Kashmiri ) . The man keeps his own counsel and it is not possible to ...
... ( Scotch ) . " Neat but not gaudy , " as the devil said when he painted his tail sky - blue . ( English ) . Ten in the pocket ; ten in the heart ; ten in the pillow . ( Kashmiri ) . The man keeps his own counsel and it is not possible to ...
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... 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 ) ...
... 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 ) ...
الصفحة 67
... ( Scotch ) . Said to have been first spoken by one , John Scott , as a comment on the loss of a flock of sheep that perished in Selkirkshire , Scotland , during the winter of 1620. Only one black ewe escaped , but it was afterwards driven ...
... ( Scotch ) . Said to have been first spoken by one , John Scott , as a comment on the loss of a flock of sheep that perished in Selkirkshire , Scotland , during the winter of 1620. Only one black ewe escaped , but it was afterwards driven ...
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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.