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 v
... 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 GATHERS NO Moss . 102 • 106 AS WISE AS A MAN OF GOTHAM PAGE 113 A V.
... 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 GATHERS NO Moss . 102 • 106 AS WISE AS A MAN OF GOTHAM PAGE 113 A V.
Pagina vii
... STONES 275 TO CARRY COALS TO NEWCASTLE 281 TO ROB PETER TO PAY PAUL 287 WHAT CAN'T BE CURED MUST BE ENDURED · 290 WHEN IN ROME DO AS THE ROMANS DO 294 WHEN THE CAT IS AWAY THE MICE WILL ( OR MAY ) PLAY · 300 WHO KEEPS COMPANY WITH A ...
... STONES 275 TO CARRY COALS TO NEWCASTLE 281 TO ROB PETER TO PAY PAUL 287 WHAT CAN'T BE CURED MUST BE ENDURED · 290 WHEN IN ROME DO AS THE ROMANS DO 294 WHEN THE CAT IS AWAY THE MICE WILL ( OR MAY ) PLAY · 300 WHO KEEPS COMPANY WITH A ...
Pagina 12
... stones " -which corre- sponds to our modern saying , " Constant drop- ping wears the stone . " The question of Jeremiah ( 13 : 23 ) " can the Ethiopian change his skin or the leopard his spots ? " - has become a proverb , if it was not ...
... stones " -which corre- sponds to our modern saying , " Constant drop- ping wears the stone . " The question of Jeremiah ( 13 : 23 ) " can the Ethiopian change his skin or the leopard his spots ? " - has become a proverb , if it was not ...
Pagina 18
... stone , or a fish and he for a fish give him a serpent , or if he ask for an egg will he give him a scorpion " ( Matt . 7 : 9 , 10 ) . Long before His day the Greeks used the phrase " A scorpion for a perch . " At one time Christ ...
... stone , or a fish and he for a fish give him a serpent , or if he ask for an egg will he give him a scorpion " ( Matt . 7 : 9 , 10 ) . Long before His day the Greeks used the phrase " A scorpion for a perch . " At one time Christ ...
Pagina 25
... stones " while Chaucer wrote , " Who that has a head of glass from casting stones let him beware . " Long before Chaucer was born the Spaniards were repeating the same proverb in the phrase , " He that has a roof of glass should not ...
... stones " while Chaucer wrote , " Who that has a head of glass from casting stones let him beware . " Long before Chaucer was born the Spaniards were repeating the same proverb in the phrase , " He that has a roof of glass should not ...
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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