Proverbial Folk-loreR.J. Clark, printer, High street, 1875 - 173 من الصفحات |
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... once undertook to supply a friend , who found himself some- what overmatched , with a few proverbial weapons . He used them with such effect , ( I mean the masculine proverbs ) that some Delilah thought it worth her while to make him ...
... once undertook to supply a friend , who found himself some- what overmatched , with a few proverbial weapons . He used them with such effect , ( I mean the masculine proverbs ) that some Delilah thought it worth her while to make him ...
الصفحة 29
... once , and a perfect flood of adages might follow . Amour et mort Death and love Rien est plus fort . Rise all above . Or , as was the inscription of that famous statue of antiquity , Who'er thou art , thy master see , That was , or is ...
... once , and a perfect flood of adages might follow . Amour et mort Death and love Rien est plus fort . Rise all above . Or , as was the inscription of that famous statue of antiquity , Who'er thou art , thy master see , That was , or is ...
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... once wrote , as I am reminded by the Times Reviewer , Don't talk of hearts , Of flames and darts , Soon flattery turns to snarling : To pass my life , A happy wife , Make me an old man's darling . And Coventry Patmore has admonished ...
... once wrote , as I am reminded by the Times Reviewer , Don't talk of hearts , Of flames and darts , Soon flattery turns to snarling : To pass my life , A happy wife , Make me an old man's darling . And Coventry Patmore has admonished ...
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... Once more , even for the Crossed in love there is solace . There are as good fish in the sea as ever came out . If one winna , another will . - Scotch . As good water goes by the Mill , as drives it . What boots the ruddy apple High up ...
... Once more , even for the Crossed in love there is solace . There are as good fish in the sea as ever came out . If one winna , another will . - Scotch . As good water goes by the Mill , as drives it . What boots the ruddy apple High up ...
الصفحة 49
... Once a man twice a child . You might as well physic the dead , as try to teach the old . But we may conclude with a higher , happier , and holier sentiment . " The hoary head is a crown of glory , If it be found in the way of ...
... Once a man twice a child . You might as well physic the dead , as try to teach the old . But we may conclude with a higher , happier , and holier sentiment . " The hoary head is a crown of glory , If it be found in the way of ...
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American cousins answer better Beware bread Camarina cant Charity church Church of Rome dangerous dear divine doctor doth doubt English epigram evil fair famous fool French say Friday friendship gentleman give gold half hand happy hath heart Heaven Hobson's choice honour horse Hudibras Ibycus instance Italians John Bunyan keep kind King King Mob lady late lawyer live Lord Lord Lytton Malaprop man's marriage marry Matthew Henry maxim mind neighbour never observed once perhaps poet polygamy poor Pope Prov proverbs quoted rain remarked rich Scotch Scripture sentiment shalt sins sometimes speak steal Surrey talk Talmud tell Tenterden thee There's things thou Three Theological Virtues tongue true truth Twill virtue warn weather wife wind wisdom wise woman women words worth young
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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,'