Curiosities in ProverbsG.P. Putman's sons, 1916 - 428 من الصفحات |
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... reason is there in the Italian phrase , " He has done like the Perugian who , when his head was broken , ran home for a helmet , " or the Scotch sentence , " Wipe wi ' the water and wash wi ' the towel , " I INTRODUCTION.
... reason is there in the Italian phrase , " He has done like the Perugian who , when his head was broken , ran home for a helmet , " or the Scotch sentence , " Wipe wi ' the water and wash wi ' the towel , " I INTRODUCTION.
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... Italians like the French are inclined to use trifling phrases . Many commend honourable dealing and speak in the highest terms of virtue ; some are ... Italian collection is some cynical or some selfish maxim ; a 24 Curiosities in Proverbs.
... Italians like the French are inclined to use trifling phrases . Many commend honourable dealing and speak in the highest terms of virtue ; some are ... Italian collection is some cynical or some selfish maxim ; a 24 Curiosities in Proverbs.
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... Italians in their sayings than on the duty of self- defence and the pleasure of retaliation for wrong . Spaniards are more grave in their adages than either the French or Italians - sometimes their expressions are so stately that it ...
... Italians in their sayings than on the duty of self- defence and the pleasure of retaliation for wrong . Spaniards are more grave in their adages than either the French or Italians - sometimes their expressions are so stately that it ...
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... Italian , " A bird in the cage is worth a hundred at large , " the Persian , " A sparrow in the hand is better than a crane in the air , " the Arabian , " A thousand cranes in the air are not worth one sparrow in the fist , " and the ...
... Italian , " A bird in the cage is worth a hundred at large , " the Persian , " A sparrow in the hand is better than a crane in the air , " the Arabian , " A thousand cranes in the air are not worth one sparrow in the fist , " and the ...
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... in them as in a looking - glass . ( Italian ) . Proverbs lie on the lips of fools . ( English ) . Saith Solomon the wise , a good wife's a good prize . ( Eng- lish ) . Solomon made a book of proverbs , but a book 44 Curiosities in Proverbs.
... in them as in a looking - glass . ( Italian ) . Proverbs lie on the lips of fools . ( English ) . Saith Solomon the wise , a good wife's a good prize . ( Eng- lish ) . Solomon made a book of proverbs , but a book 44 Curiosities in Proverbs.
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