Curiosities in ProverbsG.P. Putman's sons, 1916 - 428 من الصفحات |
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... drinking ; its ability to endure thirst , to make long and swift journeys ; its growling , biting , fighting , and other things camelish without limit - all are availed for proverbial purposes . " Few people realize the extent to which ...
... drinking ; its ability to endure thirst , to make long and swift journeys ; its growling , biting , fighting , and other things camelish without limit - all are availed for proverbial purposes . " Few people realize the extent to which ...
الصفحة 32
... drinking , the avoidance of unnecessary exposure , and the danger of evil habits are worthy of the highest commendation , but most of the health proverbs are valueless , having come into use when medical science was crude and people ...
... drinking , the avoidance of unnecessary exposure , and the danger of evil habits are worthy of the highest commendation , but most of the health proverbs are valueless , having come into use when medical science was crude and people ...
الصفحة 52
... drinking , by drinking men become intoxicated , intoxication leads to the exposure of mental defects and weaknesses . A fortune gone to hashed fish . ( Japanese ) . A fortune dissipated by neglect or misuse . A ground sweat cures all ...
... drinking , by drinking men become intoxicated , intoxication leads to the exposure of mental defects and weaknesses . A fortune gone to hashed fish . ( Japanese ) . A fortune dissipated by neglect or misuse . A ground sweat cures all ...
الصفحة 69
... drink . ( Scotch ) . " He will be hanged for leaving his liquor , like the saddler of Bawtry , " is a parallel proverb upon which comment is made elsewhere . The proverb is usually applied to men who leave their drink before they are ...
... drink . ( Scotch ) . " He will be hanged for leaving his liquor , like the saddler of Bawtry , " is a parallel proverb upon which comment is made elsewhere . The proverb is usually applied to men who leave their drink before they are ...
الصفحة 76
... drink . " The phrase is said to have had its origin in the fact that the saddler of Bawtry , while under sentence and on his way to the gallows , refused to stop at an ale - house where he was invited to drink , but hastened along the ...
... drink . " The phrase is said to have had its origin in the fact that the saddler of Bawtry , while under sentence and on his way to the gallows , refused to stop at an ale - house where he was invited to drink , but hastened along the ...
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