Proverbial Folk-loreR.J. Clark, 1881 - 173 pagine |
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Pagina 72
... thought to be little less than a hundred years old . Father , said Mr. Moore , what think you to be the cause of these shelves and sands which stop up Sandwich haven ? Forsooth Sir , quoth he , I am a very old man , I am an old man ...
... thought to be little less than a hundred years old . Father , said Mr. Moore , what think you to be the cause of these shelves and sands which stop up Sandwich haven ? Forsooth Sir , quoth he , I am a very old man , I am an old man ...
Pagina 77
... clothes . This charge of closing the eyes ' is a very old story . John Wesley speaks of having been much refreshed ' under a very long sermon . Dean Ramsay relates how 888 78 a Scotch clergyman thought to rouse his audience 77.
... clothes . This charge of closing the eyes ' is a very old story . John Wesley speaks of having been much refreshed ' under a very long sermon . Dean Ramsay relates how 888 78 a Scotch clergyman thought to rouse his audience 77.
Pagina 104
... The wisdom of many and the wit of one . ' ' What oft was thought before , but ne'er so well expressed . ' Well , here is exactly the same idea under two different aspects . Dont make yourself a mouse or the cat will eat 104.
... The wisdom of many and the wit of one . ' ' What oft was thought before , but ne'er so well expressed . ' Well , here is exactly the same idea under two different aspects . Dont make yourself a mouse or the cat will eat 104.
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