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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Pagina 16
... called a Jogra in his own village , but one from another village is called Sidh . " No less striking is the Telugu dictum " The tree in the back yard won't do for medicine . " Sitting by Jacob's well the Master referred to a familiar ...
... called a Jogra in his own village , but one from another village is called Sidh . " No less striking is the Telugu dictum " The tree in the back yard won't do for medicine . " Sitting by Jacob's well the Master referred to a familiar ...
Pagina 26
... called them condensed rules of life , James [ Howells styled . them weighty material in small packages and quaint Thomas Fuller spoke of them as decoc- tions . It is true that Aristotle declared them to be remnants which because of ...
... called them condensed rules of life , James [ Howells styled . them weighty material in small packages and quaint Thomas Fuller spoke of them as decoc- tions . It is true that Aristotle declared them to be remnants which because of ...
Pagina 32
... called their commonsense in an uncommon degree . " Their wisdom is not the wisdom of the schools but of the street , the farm and the cottage . 66 Education and enlightenment have not in the 66 least degree depreciated their value ...
... called their commonsense in an uncommon degree . " Their wisdom is not the wisdom of the schools but of the street , the farm and the cottage . 66 Education and enlightenment have not in the 66 least degree depreciated their value ...
Pagina 48
... called , ' and be eaten : You remember our agree- ment . ' But the dog said coolly , ' My friend , if ever you catch me lying down by the gate there again don't you wait for any feast . " " - Æsop , died about B.C. 561 V. S. Vernon ...
... called , ' and be eaten : You remember our agree- ment . ' But the dog said coolly , ' My friend , if ever you catch me lying down by the gate there again don't you wait for any feast . " " - Æsop , died about B.C. 561 V. S. Vernon ...
Pagina 137
... called Ye Crook over agt the Tower of Ye Hook ; whence arose the proverbe to gayne a thing by Hook or by Crook ; it being safe to gayne land in one of those places where the winde drives from the other . ' 999 Fourth - As thieves often ...
... called Ye Crook over agt the Tower of Ye Hook ; whence arose the proverbe to gayne a thing by Hook or by Crook ; it being safe to gayne land in one of those places where the winde drives from the other . ' 999 Fourth - As thieves often ...
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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