Proverbial Folk-loreR.J. Clark, printer, High street, 1875 - 173 pagine |
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Pagina 3
... question ; though as far as I can learn , it is but scantily represented . I propose in the present chapter to glance shortly at some of the principal Feminine Proverbs ; mindful , if I may , of what was said to the sign painter by the ...
... question ; though as far as I can learn , it is but scantily represented . I propose in the present chapter to glance shortly at some of the principal Feminine Proverbs ; mindful , if I may , of what was said to the sign painter by the ...
Pagina 11
... question ; on which I confess to having been all the time ; as Mr. Dizraeli said on a well known occasion , ' I am on the side of the Angels . ' The late Dean Ramsay tells a story of how the new meenister excused himself to the lady ...
... question ; on which I confess to having been all the time ; as Mr. Dizraeli said on a well known occasion , ' I am on the side of the Angels . ' The late Dean Ramsay tells a story of how the new meenister excused himself to the lady ...
Pagina 35
... question of Choice next follows . Folklore regards it very much as a lottery . Put your hand in the creel , And draw out either an adder or eel . Wiving and hanging go by destiny . He that's born to be hung will never be drowned . And ...
... question of Choice next follows . Folklore regards it very much as a lottery . Put your hand in the creel , And draw out either an adder or eel . Wiving and hanging go by destiny . He that's born to be hung will never be drowned . And ...
Pagina 38
... question is thus concisely decided . He either fears his fate too much Or his desert is small Who dares not put it to the touch To win or loose it all . - Scott . Happy's the wooing That's not long a doing . We will now suppose the ...
... question is thus concisely decided . He either fears his fate too much Or his desert is small Who dares not put it to the touch To win or loose it all . - Scott . Happy's the wooing That's not long a doing . We will now suppose the ...
Pagina 54
... question is also said to have been asked of men of the three Nationalities , the answers to which are no less characteristic , ' What will you take to stand without your coat in the rain for an hour ? ' Englishman I'll take a pound ...
... question is also said to have been asked of men of the three Nationalities , the answers to which are no less characteristic , ' What will you take to stand without your coat in the rain for an hour ? ' Englishman I'll take a pound ...
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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,'