Proverbial Folk-loreR.J. Clark, printer, High street, 1875 - 173 pagine |
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Pagina 8
... French . A woman's tongue is her sword , and she does not let it rust . Silence is a fine jewel for a woman , but it's seldom worn . " Tell one woman ' is the lawyer's joke- ' If substituted in the old form in the place of ' know all ...
... French . A woman's tongue is her sword , and she does not let it rust . Silence is a fine jewel for a woman , but it's seldom worn . " Tell one woman ' is the lawyer's joke- ' If substituted in the old form in the place of ' know all ...
Pagina 19
... French version , a saying with which Damiens on his way to those terrific tortures , is said to have consoled himself f ; La journée sera dure , mais elle finira ! The day may be dire , but at last it will be done . The sharper the ...
... French version , a saying with which Damiens on his way to those terrific tortures , is said to have consoled himself f ; La journée sera dure , mais elle finira ! The day may be dire , but at last it will be done . The sharper the ...
Pagina 29
... French say , Again , There are no pretty prisons , And no ugly sweet - hearts . ' Love is blind . ' notoriously ; but what is still more singular is that , People in love think others ' eyes are out . Who is there , now on the shady ...
... French say , Again , There are no pretty prisons , And no ugly sweet - hearts . ' Love is blind . ' notoriously ; but what is still more singular is that , People in love think others ' eyes are out . Who is there , now on the shady ...
Pagina 36
... French . It must be admitted however that " The white mare is sometimes the best horse in the stable . ' The Italians have a saying Nè donna , nè tela Non comprar di lume di candela , which may be roughly rendered , He will not choose ...
... French . It must be admitted however that " The white mare is sometimes the best horse in the stable . ' The Italians have a saying Nè donna , nè tela Non comprar di lume di candela , which may be roughly rendered , He will not choose ...
Pagina 44
... are to be found in this country , preeminently in the Court and married life of Queen Victoria : but it is rather too much , as some have done , to assume that home virtues are only English ; that , as the French have not the 44.
... are to be found in this country , preeminently in the Court and married life of Queen Victoria : but it is rather too much , as some have done , to assume that home virtues are only English ; that , as the French have not the 44.
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Pagina 165 - Though the mills of God grind slowly, yet they grind exceeding small; Though with patience he stands waiting, with exactness grinds he all.
Pagina 61 - A little neglect may breed great mischief; for want of a nail the shoe was lost ; for want of a shoe the horse was lost ; and for want of a horse the rider was lost, being overtaken and slain by the enemy ; all for want of a little care about a horseshoe nail.
Pagina 106 - Unto the pure all things are pure: but unto them that are defiled and unbelieving is nothing pure ; but even their mind and conscience is defiled.
Pagina 118 - When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee: and put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.
Pagina 109 - Brethren, be followers together of me, and mark them which walk so as ye have us for an ensample. (For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the Cross of Christ: whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things...
Pagina 25 - ST. Swithin's day if thou dost rain, For forty days it will remain : St. Swithin's day if thou be fair, For forty days 'twill rain na mair.
Pagina 94 - The man that hails you Tom or Jack, And proves by thumps upon your back How he esteems your merit, Is such a friend, that one had need Be very much his friend indeed, To pardon or to bear it.
Pagina 93 - But never either found another To free the hollow heart from paining — They stood aloof, the scars remaining, Like cliffs which had been rent asunder ; A dreary sea now flows between, But neither heat, nor frost, nor thunder, Shall wholly do away, I ween, The marks of that which once hath been.
Pagina 123 - Tender-handed stroke a nettle, And it stings you for your pains ; Grasp it like a man of mettle, And it soft as silk remains.
Pagina 52 - Good old plan, That he should take who has the power, And he should keep who can,'