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 10
... natural for the collector of such a series of proverbs as is found in his book , to have chosen or formed his material under the influence of national prejudices , but not one of the entire number of recorded sayings is exclusively ...
... natural for the collector of such a series of proverbs as is found in his book , to have chosen or formed his material under the influence of national prejudices , but not one of the entire number of recorded sayings is exclusively ...
Pagina 22
... natural therefore to expect to find there quoted expressions that were habitually used . OTHER ANCIENT PROVERBS The apocryphal books of the Bible like the Bible itself contain many by - words and phrases that were in use at the time of ...
... natural therefore to expect to find there quoted expressions that were habitually used . OTHER ANCIENT PROVERBS The apocryphal books of the Bible like the Bible itself contain many by - words and phrases that were in use at the time of ...
Pagina 28
... natural products of the tropics , the intensive trader competing with his fellows on the noisy exchange and the lonely woodsman dwelling in the depths of the forest are all brothers , with common selfish and religious in- stincts and ...
... natural products of the tropics , the intensive trader competing with his fellows on the noisy exchange and the lonely woodsman dwelling in the depths of the forest are all brothers , with common selfish and religious in- stincts and ...
Pagina 30
... natural laws on their daily lives and taught them to think for themselves and express their opinions more clearly and forcefully than they could by the repetition of set phrases . In past ages , when few could read , it was necessary to ...
... natural laws on their daily lives and taught them to think for themselves and express their opinions more clearly and forcefully than they could by the repetition of set phrases . In past ages , when few could read , it was necessary to ...
Pagina 102
... natural brightness of mind , keenness of thought , quick- ness of perceptions and what is termed " good luck . " When comparisons are made the rela- tive value of acquired and natural ability is often expressed by pounds and ounces ...
... natural brightness of mind , keenness of thought , quick- ness of perceptions and what is termed " good luck . " When comparisons are made the rela- tive value of acquired and natural ability is often expressed by pounds and ounces ...
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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