Proverbial Folk-loreR.J. Clark, printer, High street, 1875 - 173 pagine |
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Pagina 9
... less in the other sex indeed , verboseness is found more often in male than female authors . That historian might well pray to be saved from his friends , when one of them described him as ' Mr. Wordy , ' who ' wrote a book in twenty ...
... less in the other sex indeed , verboseness is found more often in male than female authors . That historian might well pray to be saved from his friends , when one of them described him as ' Mr. Wordy , ' who ' wrote a book in twenty ...
Pagina 31
... less classical sentiment . Tom praised his friend , who'd changed his state , For binding fast himself and Kate In wedlock so divine : Wedlock's the end of life ! he cried . Too true , alas , said Dick , and sighed , " Twill be the end ...
... less classical sentiment . Tom praised his friend , who'd changed his state , For binding fast himself and Kate In wedlock so divine : Wedlock's the end of life ! he cried . Too true , alas , said Dick , and sighed , " Twill be the end ...
Pagina 32
... For Union one , ' no Union ' ' tother cries- Shame on the sex that such dispute began , Women are all for union - to a man ! It is well urged Two in distress Make trouble less . ' Marriage halves our griefs , doubles our joys . 32.
... For Union one , ' no Union ' ' tother cries- Shame on the sex that such dispute began , Women are all for union - to a man ! It is well urged Two in distress Make trouble less . ' Marriage halves our griefs , doubles our joys . 32.
Pagina 37
... less , upon marrying a woman ? Proverbs suggest Better an old man's darling than a young man's slave . or as Theodore Hook once wrote , as I am reminded by the Times Reviewer , Don't talk of hearts , Of flames and darts , Soon flattery ...
... less , upon marrying a woman ? Proverbs suggest Better an old man's darling than a young man's slave . or as Theodore Hook once wrote , as I am reminded by the Times Reviewer , Don't talk of hearts , Of flames and darts , Soon flattery ...
Pagina 51
... less than two traditions . O Grantham , Grantham ! these wonders are thine , A lofty steeple , and a living sign ! A swarm of bees was once the sign of an inn at the entrance . The other is a reputation hardly as complimentary ...
... less than two traditions . O Grantham , Grantham ! these wonders are thine , A lofty steeple , and a living sign ! A swarm of bees was once the sign of an inn at the entrance . The other is a reputation hardly as complimentary ...
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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,'