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 4
... common repetition .. " Many grubs never grow to butterflies , " says a North British Review contributor , and a maxim is only a proverb in its caterpillar stage — a candidate for a wider sphere and larger flight than most are destined ...
... common repetition .. " Many grubs never grow to butterflies , " says a North British Review contributor , and a maxim is only a proverb in its caterpillar stage — a candidate for a wider sphere and larger flight than most are destined ...
Pagina 6
... common sayings seem crude and even coarse to modern ears , they have an honored ancestry and have been used not only by rough and uncouth people but by the wisest and noblest of teachers , so that Lord Chesterfield's slurring statement ...
... common sayings seem crude and even coarse to modern ears , they have an honored ancestry and have been used not only by rough and uncouth people but by the wisest and noblest of teachers , so that Lord Chesterfield's slurring statement ...
Pagina 11
... common use among men . How often one hears , for example , such phrases as these taken from this wonderful collection : " Out of the heart are the issues of life , " " Ponder the path of thy feet , " " Go to the ant thou slug- gard ...
... common use among men . How often one hears , for example , such phrases as these taken from this wonderful collection : " Out of the heart are the issues of life , " " Ponder the path of thy feet , " " Go to the ant thou slug- gard ...
Pagina 14
... common in Old Testament times for men to refer to those of their number who were celebrated for proverbs as " Like Nimrod , " who we are told was a mighty hunter before the Lord . " Like Nimrod " was a proverbial simile that was ...
... common in Old Testament times for men to refer to those of their number who were celebrated for proverbs as " Like Nimrod , " who we are told was a mighty hunter before the Lord . " Like Nimrod " was a proverbial simile that was ...
Pagina 15
... common people are always great travelers , and pass easily from one dis- trict to another . Those that were quoted in Palestine in the days of Christ included some that came from Assyria , Babylonia , Persia and Greece . A few centuries ...
... common people are always great travelers , and pass easily from one dis- trict to another . Those that were quoted in Palestine in the days of Christ included some that came from Assyria , Babylonia , Persia and Greece . A few centuries ...
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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