Proverbial Folk-loreR.J. Clark, 1881 - 173 pagine |
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Pagina 31
... true , ' Tis good to be off with the old love Before you be on with the new . So far we have gone on smoothly enough , but it is only honest to confess that ' for ' and ' against ' is most hotly contested . Not to quote Punch's prize ...
... true , ' Tis good to be off with the old love Before you be on with the new . So far we have gone on smoothly enough , but it is only honest to confess that ' for ' and ' against ' is most hotly contested . Not to quote Punch's prize ...
Pagina 46
... true the web of life , Husband , of house the bond and stay , True metal , like the ring's pure gold , Kept in the circlet's perfect way . The name of the husband what does it but say , Of wife and of household the band and the stay ...
... true the web of life , Husband , of house the bond and stay , True metal , like the ring's pure gold , Kept in the circlet's perfect way . The name of the husband what does it but say , Of wife and of household the band and the stay ...
Pagina 142
... true under different circumstances . A higher flight is taken when we come to the Am- biguous Oracles of antiquity . Here we have dubious sayings indeed ; and , as some have thought , of a very dubious origin . Among very prudent people ...
... true under different circumstances . A higher flight is taken when we come to the Am- biguous Oracles of antiquity . Here we have dubious sayings indeed ; and , as some have thought , of a very dubious origin . Among very prudent people ...
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