Proverbial Folk-loreR.J. Clark, 1881 - 173 pagine |
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Pagina 79
... Matt . Henry . As Dr. Guthrie used to say of his lay brethren , They expect the piety of an apostle , The accomplishments of a scholar , The manners of a gentleman , it may very fairly be added , For the pay of a page ! ' Proverbs ...
... Matt . Henry . As Dr. Guthrie used to say of his lay brethren , They expect the piety of an apostle , The accomplishments of a scholar , The manners of a gentleman , it may very fairly be added , For the pay of a page ! ' Proverbs ...
Pagina 105
... Matthew Henry mournfully remarks , " All seek their own , " and very many more than their own ! ' The dust alone ' quoth Araby ' Can fill the eye of man ! ' To which Scotland rejoins with as much point , if less poetry . He'll get ...
... Matthew Henry mournfully remarks , " All seek their own , " and very many more than their own ! ' The dust alone ' quoth Araby ' Can fill the eye of man ! ' To which Scotland rejoins with as much point , if less poetry . He'll get ...
Pagina 165
... Matthew Henry , with threatened sins . ' Make the plaister as wide as the wound . With regard to the future many lands have their sayings . L'homme propose , Mais Dieu dispose . ' Man appoints , God disappoints ' is our English , less ...
... Matthew Henry , with threatened sins . ' Make the plaister as wide as the wound . With regard to the future many lands have their sayings . L'homme propose , Mais Dieu dispose . ' Man appoints , God disappoints ' is our English , less ...
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