The Antiquity of Proverbs: Fifty Familiar Proverbs and Folk Sayings with Annotations and Lists of Connected Forms, Found in All Parts of the WorldG. P. Putnam's Sons, 1922 - 329 pagini |
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... Modern Greek Proverbs . Edinburgh , 1831 . NICOLSON , ALEXANDER . A Collection of Gaelic Proverbs and Familiar Phrases . Edinburgh and London , 1881 . PALMER , SAMUEL . Moral Essays on Some of the Most Curious and Significant English ...
... Modern Greek Proverbs . Edinburgh , 1831 . NICOLSON , ALEXANDER . A Collection of Gaelic Proverbs and Familiar Phrases . Edinburgh and London , 1881 . PALMER , SAMUEL . Moral Essays on Some of the Most Curious and Significant English ...
Pagina 3
... Greek phrases that predate their Roman use and they may have been the utterances of unknown philosophers , the ... modern volumes 3 INTRODUCTION.
... Greek phrases that predate their Roman use and they may have been the utterances of unknown philosophers , the ... modern volumes 3 INTRODUCTION.
Pagina 6
... Greek poet Hesiod , and before him Homer , the author of the Iliad and Odyssey . But our surprise was greatest when ... modern ears , they have an honored ancestry and have been used not only by rough and uncouth people but by the wisest ...
... Greek poet Hesiod , and before him Homer , the author of the Iliad and Odyssey . But our surprise was greatest when ... modern ears , they have an honored ancestry and have been used not only by rough and uncouth people but by the wisest ...
Pagina 43
... Modern Greek ) . Better an egg today than a pullet tomorrow . ( Italian ) . Better a sparrow in hand than a falcon in the forest . ( Serbian ) . Better a sparrow in hand than a vulture on the wing . ( Latin , Spanish ) . Better a wren ...
... Modern Greek ) . Better an egg today than a pullet tomorrow . ( Italian ) . Better a sparrow in hand than a falcon in the forest . ( Serbian ) . Better a sparrow in hand than a vulture on the wing . ( Latin , Spanish ) . Better a wren ...
Pagina 53
... ( Modern Greek ) . He who has been kicked by a bear fears the sight of one who sells cucumbers . ( Tamil ) . He who has been stung by a scorpion is afraid of its shadow . ( Spanish ) . He who has once burnt his mouth always blows his soup ...
... ( Modern Greek ) . He who has been kicked by a bear fears the sight of one who sells cucumbers . ( Tamil ) . He who has been stung by a scorpion is afraid of its shadow . ( Spanish ) . He who has once burnt his mouth always blows his soup ...
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The Antiquity of Proverbs: Fifty Familiar Proverbs and Folk Sayings with ... Dwight Edwards Marvin Vizualizare completă - 1922 |
The Antiquity of Proverbs: Fifty Familiar Proverbs and Folk Sayings with ... Dwight Edwards Marvin Vizualizare completă - 1922 |
The Antiquity of Proverbs: Fifty Familiar Proverbs and Folk Sayings with ... Dwight Edwards Marvin Vizualizare completă - 1922 |
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according ages ALLIED PROVERBS appear Arabian bear become better bird blind called carry century child Chinese comes common crook crow Danish daughter doctor Dutch enemy English evil expression fall father fear feet fire fish follows fool French friendship Gaelic Garhwal German give given goes gold golden hand head heart Hebrew Hindustani hold honest horse Italian JOHN keep King known late Latin live London look Marathi mind Modern Greek mother mouth natural never once origin Osmanli peacock Persian phrase physician Portuguese quoted referred saying Scotch sell Spanish speak stone story swallow tail Tamil tell Telugu things thinks thou thought throw tongue true turn VARIANT PROVERBS wall whistle wise worth young