Proverbial Folk-loreR.J. Clark, printer, High street, 1875 - 173 pagine |
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... all good advice is well worth attending to , — ' i proverbj son tutti provati , ' much more that of Proverbs , which is advice already tested ! I am your attached friend , THE AUTHOR . " I gave some years ago to Sir James Mackintosh.
... all good advice is well worth attending to , — ' i proverbj son tutti provati , ' much more that of Proverbs , which is advice already tested ! I am your attached friend , THE AUTHOR . " I gave some years ago to Sir James Mackintosh.
Pagina 12
... worth her while to make him betray his benefactor . He told wherein his strength lay . Immediately as might have been expected ' The Philistines ' were ' upon ' me ! my devoted head received a perfect shower of sharp sayings ; certainly ...
... worth her while to make him betray his benefactor . He told wherein his strength lay . Immediately as might have been expected ' The Philistines ' were ' upon ' me ! my devoted head received a perfect shower of sharp sayings ; certainly ...
Pagina 20
... grows in Janiveer It grows the worse for it all the year . In January if sun appear . March and April pay full dear . A January spring Is worth naething .-- Scotch . Janiveer sow oats Get golden groats . All months in 20.
... grows in Janiveer It grows the worse for it all the year . In January if sun appear . March and April pay full dear . A January spring Is worth naething .-- Scotch . Janiveer sow oats Get golden groats . All months in 20.
Pagina 21
... worth a king's ransom . A peck of March dust , and a shower in May Makes the corn green , and the meadow look gay . If it rains on Easter day Plenty of grass and little hay . A cold April The barn will fill When April blows his horn ...
... worth a king's ransom . A peck of March dust , and a shower in May Makes the corn green , and the meadow look gay . If it rains on Easter day Plenty of grass and little hay . A cold April The barn will fill When April blows his horn ...
Pagina 22
... worth a yoke of oxen , and all belongs them till . • Barnaby bright All day , no night . Dry August and warm Does harvest no harm . Till St. James ( July 25 ) is past and gone , There may be hope and there may be none . - Sussex . The ...
... worth a yoke of oxen , and all belongs them till . • Barnaby bright All day , no night . Dry August and warm Does harvest no harm . Till St. James ( July 25 ) is past and gone , There may be hope and there may be none . - Sussex . The ...
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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,'