Proverbial Folk-loreR.J. Clark, 1881 - 173 pagine |
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Pagina 45
... English in Englishmen's eyes Is something to jeer at , sneer , and despise . As for a foreigner , it's our rule To consider him either a knave or fool . And we honestly think , when we get abroad , That England alone was made of God ...
... English in Englishmen's eyes Is something to jeer at , sneer , and despise . As for a foreigner , it's our rule To consider him either a knave or fool . And we honestly think , when we get abroad , That England alone was made of God ...
Pagina 50
... English language is well supplied , but , in many instances , they appear to have been adopted , and the originals of them are to be found elsewhere . I propose in the present chapter , to bring forward some that show National ...
... English language is well supplied , but , in many instances , they appear to have been adopted , and the originals of them are to be found elsewhere . I propose in the present chapter , to bring forward some that show National ...
Pagina 58
... English one . The Arabic are mostly excellent , It's no use laying pigeon's eggs and expecting young turkeys . We say . It's no use looking for musk in a dog's kennel . He that plants thorns will not gather roses . - Persian . The fool ...
... English one . The Arabic are mostly excellent , It's no use laying pigeon's eggs and expecting young turkeys . We say . It's no use looking for musk in a dog's kennel . He that plants thorns will not gather roses . - Persian . The fool ...
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