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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... once used in the affairs of life we learn the manner of men who lived and wrought in the world . " They being dead yet speak " and we enter into a large inheritance by reason of their wisdom . Books , pamphlets and periodicals have ...
... once used in the affairs of life we learn the manner of men who lived and wrought in the world . " They being dead yet speak " and we enter into a large inheritance by reason of their wisdom . Books , pamphlets and periodicals have ...
Pagina 39
... once lets it slip through his fingers , by grasping at more airy prospects , he may bid adieu to the ever having of it any more in his clutches . There will be no catching of the bird again , after it is once flown out of his power ...
... once lets it slip through his fingers , by grasping at more airy prospects , he may bid adieu to the ever having of it any more in his clutches . There will be no catching of the bird again , after it is once flown out of his power ...
Pagina 47
... child dreads the fire , which is not always true . The old Romans expressed the same thought in their saying , " A fisherman once stung will be wiser , " which is believed by some to have 47 A BURNT CHILD DREADS THE FIRE.
... child dreads the fire , which is not always true . The old Romans expressed the same thought in their saying , " A fisherman once stung will be wiser , " which is believed by some to have 47 A BURNT CHILD DREADS THE FIRE.
Pagina 49
... once felt the hook suspects the crooked metal in every food which offers . " - PUBLIUS OVIDUS NASO , B.C. 43- A. D. 17 . " He that has been shipwrecked shudders at still water . " - PUBLIUS OVIDUS NASO . " So soon upon supper , said he ...
... once felt the hook suspects the crooked metal in every food which offers . " - PUBLIUS OVIDUS NASO , B.C. 43- A. D. 17 . " He that has been shipwrecked shudders at still water . " - PUBLIUS OVIDUS NASO . " So soon upon supper , said he ...
Pagina 51
... once will henceforward be timid in respect of that same thing from which they have suf- fered ; but that other the tendency to exaggerate such fears , so that now they shall fear even where no fear is . And the fact that so it will be ...
... once will henceforward be timid in respect of that same thing from which they have suf- fered ; but that other the tendency to exaggerate such fears , so that now they shall fear even where no fear is . And the fact that so it will be ...
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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 |
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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