 | 1817 - 336 pagine
...suddenly destroy the body, so a lesser excess doth weaken and partially destroy itf by rendering it leas lasting. They who would be young when they are old...of sleeping after dinner in the summer time is now grown general in Italy and other hot countries, so that from one to three or four of the cl»ck in... | |
 | Elizabeth Lachlan - 1824 - 382 pagine
...so soon gained as lost. he that will eat the kernel must crack the nut. old young, and old long ; or they who would be young when they are old, must be old when they are young. Il n'ya que la première peine qui coute. the first step over, the rest is easy. Il ne faut pas manger... | |
 | John Wade - 1824 - 258 pagine
...The nearer the bone, the swceter the flesh. The head and feet kcep warm, the rest will take no harm. They who would be young when they are old, must be old when they are young. To a full belly all meat is bad. — Italian. The epicure puts his purse into his belly, and the miser... | |
 | Phenix - 1835 - 312 pagine
...you do not drink to fill you. Children and chicken must be always picking. Old young and old long; they who would be young when they are old, must be old when they are young. Every man is either a fool or a physician after forty years of age. Good heal is half a meal. An old... | |
 | John Gideon Millingen - 1838 - 456 pagine
...may eat after a slut. Poma, ova, atque nuces, si det tibi sordida, gustes. Old young and old long. They who would be young when they are old, must be...as high as a spoon, You may sleep an hour at noon. When the fern is as high as a ladle, You may sleep as long as you are able. When fern begins to look... | |
 | Percy Society - 1847 - 358 pagine
...matters. Barnaby bright, The longest day And shortest night.* A good leak in June, Sets all in tune. When the fern is as high as a spoon, You may sleep an hour at noon. If woolly fleeces spread .the heavenly way, No rain, be sure, disturbs the summer's day. JULY. St.... | |
 | 1888 - 668 pagine
...the end of the book any particular proverb has been taken. The English equivalent there given is " They who would be young when they are old must be old when they are young "; but this ie I somewhat too much of a paraphrase, and I think a neater rendering would be " Be old... | |
 | 1888 - 564 pagine
...the end of the book any particular proverb has been taken. The English equivalent there given is " They who would be young when they are old must be old when they are young"; but this is somewhat too much of a paraphrase, and I think a neater rendering would be " Be old betimes... | |
 | 1854 - 792 pagine
...lengthens, The cold strengthens." A. Nn Ju. " Culm weather In June, Set« corn in tune." PlSCATOR. " When the* fern is as high as a spoon, You may sleep an hour at noon." AN, JB. " Till St. James* day be come and gone, You may have hops or you may have none." PlSCATOK.... | |
 | Anne Pratt - 1855 - 346 pagine
...contain is not always apparent to modern readers. There was a homely proverb once in common use: — " When the fern is as high as a spoon, You may sleep an hour at noon ; When the fern is as high as a ladle, You may sleep as long as you're able ; When the fern begins... | |
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When the fern is as high as a spoon, You may sleep an hour at noon. When the fern is as high as a ladle, You may sleep as long as you are able. When fern begins to look red, Then milk is good with brown bread. 
