Proverbial Folk-loreR.J. Clark, 1881 - 173 pagine |
Dall'interno del libro
Risultati 1-3 di 16
Pagina 17
... 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 feather ? The dust , my friend , in ...
... 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 feather ? The dust , my friend , in ...
Pagina 26
... wind's in the East The fish will bite least . When the wind's in the South The bait goes into their mouth . When the wind's in the West The fish will bite best . The four winds have sometimes been named after the four Evangelists ...
... wind's in the East The fish will bite least . When the wind's in the South The bait goes into their mouth . When the wind's in the West The fish will bite best . The four winds have sometimes been named after the four Evangelists ...
Pagina 104
... wind ! ' and thus avoid uprooting . The Humble escape multitudes of mortifications which the pushing and arrogant are constantly in- curring ; exceedingly sensitive people , which mostly means very proud , are exceedingly unpleasant ...
... wind ! ' and thus avoid uprooting . The Humble escape multitudes of mortifications which the pushing and arrogant are constantly in- curring ; exceedingly sensitive people , which mostly means very proud , are exceedingly unpleasant ...
Altre edizioni - Visualizza tutto
Parole e frasi comuni
American cousins answer better Beware bread Camarina cant Charity church Church of Rome dangerous dear divine doctor doth doubt English epigram evil fair famous fool French say Friday friendship gentleman give gold half hand happy hath heart Heaven Hobson's choice honour horse Hudibras Ibycus instance Italians John Bunyan keep kind King King Mob lady late lawyer live Lord Lord Lytton Malaprop man's marriage marry Matthew Henry maxim mind neighbour never observed once perhaps poet polygamy poor Pope Prov proverbs quoted rain remarked rich Scotch Scripture sentiment shalt sins sometimes speak steal Surrey talk Talmud tell Tenterden thee There's things thou Three Theological Virtues tongue true truth Twill virtue warn weather wife wind wisdom wise woman women words worth young