Proverbial Folk-loreR.J. Clark, printer, High street, 1875 - 173 من الصفحات |
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الصفحة 32
... can't cut anything . It may possibly serve to scrape a trencher . ' The mill must have two stones . - Turkish . Wives must be had Be they good or bad . And so must husbands , for , as the young lady says in the old Scottish song , ' Tis ...
... can't cut anything . It may possibly serve to scrape a trencher . ' The mill must have two stones . - Turkish . Wives must be had Be they good or bad . And so must husbands , for , as the young lady says in the old Scottish song , ' Tis ...
الصفحة 39
... and therefore is not to be lightly entered upon ; You've tied a knot with your tongue you can't untie with your teeth . Bear and forbear . Let neither expect too much . It's a good horse that never stumbles And a good 39.
... and therefore is not to be lightly entered upon ; You've tied a knot with your tongue you can't untie with your teeth . Bear and forbear . Let neither expect too much . It's a good horse that never stumbles And a good 39.
الصفحة 59
... cant make a silk purse out of a sow's ear . but implies that , with proper material , the purse can be made , and also the Mercury . Qualis Plato Tales academici , comes from the philosophical days of the Republic , Like master , like ...
... cant make a silk purse out of a sow's ear . but implies that , with proper material , the purse can be made , and also the Mercury . Qualis Plato Tales academici , comes from the philosophical days of the Republic , Like master , like ...
الصفحة 65
... cant get Jones ' ! ' I conclude with a proverb , which while throughly English in itself , has the additional curious charac- teristic of being found in perhaps the only letter ever addressed by a hangman to the leading journal . Mr ...
... cant get Jones ' ! ' I conclude with a proverb , which while throughly English in itself , has the additional curious charac- teristic of being found in perhaps the only letter ever addressed by a hangman to the leading journal . Mr ...
الصفحة 67
... de zèle , was Talleyrand's advice to young Diplomatists ; while Lord Melbourne has immortalised Cant you let it alone ! The Greek is especially strong in these suggestive sentences , F " The cranes of Ibycus ' has the same meaning 67.
... de zèle , was Talleyrand's advice to young Diplomatists ; while Lord Melbourne has immortalised Cant you let it alone ! The Greek is especially strong in these suggestive sentences , F " The cranes of Ibycus ' has the same meaning 67.
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الصفحة 165 - Though the mills of God grind slowly, yet they grind exceeding small; Though with patience he stands waiting, with exactness grinds he all.
الصفحة 61 - A little neglect may breed great mischief; for want of a nail the shoe was lost ; for want of a shoe the horse was lost ; and for want of a horse the rider was lost, being overtaken and slain by the enemy ; all for want of a little care about a horseshoe nail.
الصفحة 106 - Unto the pure all things are pure: but unto them that are defiled and unbelieving is nothing pure ; but even their mind and conscience is defiled.
الصفحة 118 - When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee: and put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.
الصفحة 109 - Brethren, be followers together of me, and mark them which walk so as ye have us for an ensample. (For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the Cross of Christ: whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things...
الصفحة 25 - ST. Swithin's day if thou dost rain, For forty days it will remain : St. Swithin's day if thou be fair, For forty days 'twill rain na mair.
الصفحة 94 - The man that hails you Tom or Jack, And proves by thumps upon your back How he esteems your merit, Is such a friend, that one had need Be very much his friend indeed, To pardon or to bear it.
الصفحة 93 - But never either found another To free the hollow heart from paining — They stood aloof, the scars remaining, Like cliffs which had been rent asunder ; A dreary sea now flows between, But neither heat, nor frost, nor thunder, Shall wholly do away, I ween, The marks of that which once hath been.
الصفحة 123 - Tender-handed stroke a nettle, And it stings you for your pains ; Grasp it like a man of mettle, And it soft as silk remains.
الصفحة 52 - Good old plan, That he should take who has the power, And he should keep who can,'