Curiosities in ProverbsG.P. Putman's sons, 1916 - 428 من الصفحات |
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... hundred and fifty years ago John Hey- wood said that every proverb had the three essential characteristics of brevity , sensibility , and saltness ; but one from Scotland contains thirty - nine words , one from Germany fifty- seven ...
... hundred and fifty years ago John Hey- wood said that every proverb had the three essential characteristics of brevity , sensibility , and saltness ; but one from Scotland contains thirty - nine words , one from Germany fifty- seven ...
الصفحة 2
... hundred years ago men admonished each other that " One should not look a gift horse in the mouth . ' Two thousand years ago they repeated the saying , " A fool shineth no longer than he holds his tongue , " and five thousand years ago ...
... hundred years ago men admonished each other that " One should not look a gift horse in the mouth . ' Two thousand years ago they repeated the saying , " A fool shineth no longer than he holds his tongue , " and five thousand years ago ...
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... hundred are found in the Scriptures . Some of the old Rabbinical scholars were fond of believing that those on record admitted of a double and triple interpretation and were therefore nearly if not quite equal in number to three ...
... hundred are found in the Scriptures . Some of the old Rabbinical scholars were fond of believing that those on record admitted of a double and triple interpretation and were therefore nearly if not quite equal in number to three ...
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... hundred years cannot repair a moment's loss of honour " ( French ) ; " An honest man does not make himself a dog for the sake of a bone " ( Danish ) ; " Catch not at the shadow and lose the substance " ( English ) ; " To the wasp we ...
... hundred years cannot repair a moment's loss of honour " ( French ) ; " An honest man does not make himself a dog for the sake of a bone " ( Danish ) ; " Catch not at the shadow and lose the substance " ( English ) ; " To the wasp we ...
الصفحة 22
... for their own use and appropriated many more from other people , particularly from the Romans . Skeat , in giving a list of three hundred and two early English proverbs , includes thirty - seven that were 22 Curiosities in Proverbs.
... for their own use and appropriated many more from other people , particularly from the Romans . Skeat , in giving a list of three hundred and two early English proverbs , includes thirty - seven that were 22 Curiosities in Proverbs.
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