Proverbial Folk-loreR.J. Clark, printer, High street, 1875 - 173 من الصفحات |
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الصفحة 7
... example as that adopted by the translators of the Septuagint . When they came to the list of the unclean ' animals , there was Arnebeth , the hare , which had to be inserted . But Arnebeth was then the name of Ptolemy's queen . They ...
... example as that adopted by the translators of the Septuagint . When they came to the list of the unclean ' animals , there was Arnebeth , the hare , which had to be inserted . But Arnebeth was then the name of Ptolemy's queen . They ...
الصفحة 8
... example , not unfrequently a torrent of words . And here again the rude remarks of the unfair sex have been frequent . Foxes are all tail , and women all tongue . - French . A woman's tongue is her sword , and she does not let it rust ...
... example , not unfrequently a torrent of words . And here again the rude remarks of the unfair sex have been frequent . Foxes are all tail , and women all tongue . - French . A woman's tongue is her sword , and she does not let it rust ...
الصفحة 29
... example hardly likely to be improved into a precedent . Far more manly and healthy that other sentiment . Marry for love and work for siller . And even then Lips however rosy must be fed . The flames of love won't boil the pot , And ...
... example hardly likely to be improved into a precedent . Far more manly and healthy that other sentiment . Marry for love and work for siller . And even then Lips however rosy must be fed . The flames of love won't boil the pot , And ...
الصفحة 54
... give some few here as examples . Drive a cow to the byre , and she'll run to the ha . The Spanish say , Set a frog on a golden stool , And off he hops , again , to the pool . and the French Wash a dog , comb a dog , still a 54.
... give some few here as examples . Drive a cow to the byre , and she'll run to the ha . The Spanish say , Set a frog on a golden stool , And off he hops , again , to the pool . and the French Wash a dog , comb a dog , still a 54.
الصفحة 59
... example Beneficium accipere est libertatem vendere . He lays down his liberty , who lays himself under obligations . Ex quovis ligno non fit Mercurius , which may be paraphrased , You cant make a silk purse out of a sow's ear . but ...
... example Beneficium accipere est libertatem vendere . He lays down his liberty , who lays himself under obligations . Ex quovis ligno non fit Mercurius , which may be paraphrased , You cant make a silk purse out of a sow's ear . but ...
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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,'