Proverbial Folk-loreR.J. Clark, printer, High street, 1875 - 173 pagine |
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Pagina 11
... lines that are better known , O woman , lovely woman fair An angel's form fallen to thy share , " Twad been o'er meickle to gien thee mair , I mean an angel mind ; The ladies may answer , at any rate , that a greater poet is found on ...
... lines that are better known , O woman , lovely woman fair An angel's form fallen to thy share , " Twad been o'er meickle to gien thee mair , I mean an angel mind ; The ladies may answer , at any rate , that a greater poet is found on ...
Pagina 13
... lines more remarkable for point than poetry , God made man upright at the first , and he Would have continued so , but she- However the ladies as usual have had the last word Again ' Tis said that we caused man to grieve ; The jest is ...
... lines more remarkable for point than poetry , God made man upright at the first , and he Would have continued so , but she- However the ladies as usual have had the last word Again ' Tis said that we caused man to grieve ; The jest is ...
Pagina 14
... seem to begin to live . ' The real wonder is then that they ever cease to do so ! ' This account'è vero , ' is true : I venture to think that it is also ben trovato , ' to the point . The following lines may fitly follow , to which we 14.
... seem to begin to live . ' The real wonder is then that they ever cease to do so ! ' This account'è vero , ' is true : I venture to think that it is also ben trovato , ' to the point . The following lines may fitly follow , to which we 14.
Pagina 15
Alan Benjamin Cheales. The following lines may fitly follow , to which we are indebted to our very appreciative American cousins . " They're always abusing the women As a terrible plague to men ; They say we're the root of all evil , And ...
Alan Benjamin Cheales. The following lines may fitly follow , to which we are indebted to our very appreciative American cousins . " They're always abusing the women As a terrible plague to men ; They say we're the root of all evil , And ...
Pagina 17
... lines in which Sir Walter Scott so chivalrously meets this allegation . O woman ! in our hours of ease Uncertain , coy , and hard to please ; And variable , as the shade By the light , quivering aspen made ; When pain and anguish wring ...
... lines in which Sir Walter Scott so chivalrously meets this allegation . O woman ! in our hours of ease Uncertain , coy , and hard to please ; And variable , as the shade By the light , quivering aspen made ; When pain and anguish wring ...
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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,'