Proverbial Folk-loreR.J. Clark, printer, High street, 1875 - 173 pagine |
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Pagina 32
... can't cut anything . It may possibly serve to scrape a trencher . ' The mill must have two stones . - Turkish . Wives must be had Be they good or bad . And so must husbands , for , as the young lady says in the old Scottish song , ' Tis ...
... can't cut anything . It may possibly serve to scrape a trencher . ' The mill must have two stones . - Turkish . Wives must be had Be they good or bad . And so must husbands , for , as the young lady says in the old Scottish song , ' Tis ...
Pagina 39
... and therefore is not to be lightly entered upon ; You've tied a knot with your tongue you can't untie with your teeth . Bear and forbear . Let neither expect too much . It's a good horse that never stumbles And a good 39.
... and therefore is not to be lightly entered upon ; You've tied a knot with your tongue you can't untie with your teeth . Bear and forbear . Let neither expect too much . It's a good horse that never stumbles And a good 39.
Pagina 59
... cant make a silk purse out of a sow's ear . but implies that , with proper material , the purse can be made , and also the Mercury . Qualis Plato Tales academici , comes from the philosophical days of the Republic , Like master , like ...
... cant make a silk purse out of a sow's ear . but implies that , with proper material , the purse can be made , and also the Mercury . Qualis Plato Tales academici , comes from the philosophical days of the Republic , Like master , like ...
Pagina 65
... cant get Jones ' ! ' I conclude with a proverb , which while throughly English in itself , has the additional curious charac- teristic of being found in perhaps the only letter ever addressed by a hangman to the leading journal . Mr ...
... cant get Jones ' ! ' I conclude with a proverb , which while throughly English in itself , has the additional curious charac- teristic of being found in perhaps the only letter ever addressed by a hangman to the leading journal . Mr ...
Pagina 67
... de zèle , was Talleyrand's advice to young Diplomatists ; while Lord Melbourne has immortalised Cant you let it alone ! The Greek is especially strong in these suggestive sentences , F " The cranes of Ibycus ' has the same meaning 67.
... de zèle , was Talleyrand's advice to young Diplomatists ; while Lord Melbourne has immortalised Cant you let it alone ! The Greek is especially strong in these suggestive sentences , F " The cranes of Ibycus ' has the same meaning 67.
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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
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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,'