Proverbial Folk-loreFolcroft Library Editions, 1976 - 173 pagine |
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Pagina 44
... instances of fidelity are on record ! The family is hardly complete without the old family servants ' ; such are sometimes almost more part of it than ourselves . I drove you to your marrying , and I'll drive you to your burying ! ' was ...
... instances of fidelity are on record ! The family is hardly complete without the old family servants ' ; such are sometimes almost more part of it than ourselves . I drove you to your marrying , and I'll drive you to your burying ! ' was ...
Pagina 51
... instance , the requirements of rhyme seem to have proved too strong for the grammar . When Bredon hill wears a hat Men of the vale , mind that ! -- Worcestershire . Yorkshire at once supplies us with a touch of the canny North . I'se ...
... instance , the requirements of rhyme seem to have proved too strong for the grammar . When Bredon hill wears a hat Men of the vale , mind that ! -- Worcestershire . Yorkshire at once supplies us with a touch of the canny North . I'se ...
Pagina 160
... instances , the fault is not in the proverb but in the employer of it ; a clean glove is made to cover a dirty hand , a harmless saying is made a hurtful one through the manner of its application . Take for instance the common maxim , A ...
... instances , the fault is not in the proverb but in the employer of it ; a clean glove is made to cover a dirty hand , a harmless saying is made a hurtful one through the manner of its application . Take for instance the common maxim , A ...
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