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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... KNOWN BY THE COMPANY HE KEEPS 90 A MAN MAY BRING HIS HORSE TO WATER , but He CANNOT MAKE HIM DRINK A MISS IS AS GOOD AS A MILE . A NEW BROOM SWEEPS CLEAN 228 94 97 99 AN OUNCE OF MOTHER WIT IS WORTH A POUND OF LEARNING A ROLLING STONE ...
... KNOWN BY THE COMPANY HE KEEPS 90 A MAN MAY BRING HIS HORSE TO WATER , but He CANNOT MAKE HIM DRINK A MISS IS AS GOOD AS A MILE . A NEW BROOM SWEEPS CLEAN 228 94 97 99 AN OUNCE OF MOTHER WIT IS WORTH A POUND OF LEARNING A ROLLING STONE ...
Pagina 3
... known record of a saying indicates its origin . Many with which we are familiar were , so far as we know , first used by the Romans , but the Latin language was the medium of innumerable Greek phrases that predate their Roman use and ...
... known record of a saying indicates its origin . Many with which we are familiar were , so far as we know , first used by the Romans , but the Latin language was the medium of innumerable Greek phrases that predate their Roman use and ...
Pagina 12
... known to the ancients which furnished them with a saying closely resembling the Latin phrase : " Where the corpse is there will the vulture be . " In the same book ( Job 14 : 19 ) we find the expression— " The waters wear the stones ...
... known to the ancients which furnished them with a saying closely resembling the Latin phrase : " Where the corpse is there will the vulture be . " In the same book ( Job 14 : 19 ) we find the expression— " The waters wear the stones ...
Pagina 13
... known expression , which Satan emphasized by the addition of the statement " All that a man hath will he give for his life . " The old Hebrew proverb " Is Saul also among the prophets " ( I Sam . 19:24 ) had its origin in a well - known ...
... known expression , which Satan emphasized by the addition of the statement " All that a man hath will he give for his life . " The old Hebrew proverb " Is Saul also among the prophets " ( I Sam . 19:24 ) had its origin in a well - known ...
Pagina 18
... known in Christ's day and which He probably quoted when He compared His own generation to children in the market place calling to their playmates , " We have piped unto you and ye did not dance " ( Matt . II : 17 ) . It is probable that ...
... known in Christ's day and which He probably quoted when He compared His own generation to children in the market place calling to their playmates , " We have piped unto you and ye did not dance " ( Matt . II : 17 ) . It is probable that ...
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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