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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... King , Dr. Thomson was able to give an accurate and interesting description of the social life of the people in that city . But proverbs are more than an index of men's lives ; they are also the record of their vocabulary , so that it ...
... King , Dr. Thomson was able to give an accurate and interesting description of the social life of the people in that city . But proverbs are more than an index of men's lives ; they are also the record of their vocabulary , so that it ...
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... king ; his counsels were not so much the counsels of a man to his fellow men as of a sovereign to his subjects . His ... Kings iv 33 ) , throwing his observations in the form of parallelisms . : Most of the proverbs quoted in this volume ...
... king ; his counsels were not so much the counsels of a man to his fellow men as of a sovereign to his subjects . His ... Kings iv 33 ) , throwing his observations in the form of parallelisms . : Most of the proverbs quoted in this volume ...
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... king or a beggar , a lord or a peasant , a 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 ...
... king or a beggar , a lord or a peasant , a 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 ...
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... king for three hours , and to have issued leather coin . " - P . Percival . No one will meddle with a piece of furniture that has a mouth . ( Spanish ) . No one cares for that which is of no benefit and requires constant care and ...
... king for three hours , and to have issued leather coin . " - P . Percival . No one will meddle with a piece of furniture that has a mouth . ( Spanish ) . No one cares for that which is of no benefit and requires constant care and ...
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... King , that must approve the common saw , Thou out of heaven's benediction comest To the warm Sun . " - SHAKESPEARE : King Lear . People who have their ears above their heads . ( Hay- tian ) . People who are obstinate and insubordinate ...
... King , that must approve the common saw , Thou out of heaven's benediction comest To the warm Sun . " - SHAKESPEARE : King Lear . People who have their ears above their heads . ( Hay- tian ) . People who are obstinate and insubordinate ...
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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.