Proverbial Folk-loreR.J. Clark, 1881 - 173 pagine |
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Pagina 17
... weather depends very much upon the wind . No weather is ill If the wind be still . And some gentleman , who seems to have been cruelly used upon occasion , has thus busied himself in tracing out the analogy . What is lighter than a ...
... weather depends very much upon the wind . No weather is ill If the wind be still . And some gentleman , who seems to have been cruelly used upon occasion , has thus busied himself in tracing out the analogy . What is lighter than a ...
Pagina 18
... Weather proverbs might reasonably be expected to abound amongst us . And unquestionably they do . I apprehend we have far more than most other countries . The accumulations of the experimental wisdom of our ancestors on this subject are ...
... Weather proverbs might reasonably be expected to abound amongst us . And unquestionably they do . I apprehend we have far more than most other countries . The accumulations of the experimental wisdom of our ancestors on this subject are ...
Pagina 24
... weather . ' After thunder rain , ' as poor Socrates said on a too memorable occasion . So many mists in March you see , So many frosts in May will be . While that best of all known proverbs , testifies to the uncertainty of our weather ...
... weather . ' After thunder rain , ' as poor Socrates said on a too memorable occasion . So many mists in March you see , So many frosts in May will be . While that best of all known proverbs , testifies to the uncertainty of our weather ...
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