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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... stories were in a sense amplified proverbs and from which we may have derived our " One swallow does not make a summer , " " Heaven helps those who help themselves , " " You cannot wash a blackamoor white , " and " Look before you leap ...
... stories were in a sense amplified proverbs and from which we may have derived our " One swallow does not make a summer , " " Heaven helps those who help themselves , " " You cannot wash a blackamoor white , " and " Look before you leap ...
Pagina 7
... the qualities which have shaped the destinies of Scotland are those which are mainly inculcated in her prov- erbs " and adds " The story of Bruce's Spider , often baffled , never disheartened , and at last successful Introduction 7.
... the qualities which have shaped the destinies of Scotland are those which are mainly inculcated in her prov- erbs " and adds " The story of Bruce's Spider , often baffled , never disheartened , and at last successful Introduction 7.
Pagina 14
... the Lord . " Like Nimrod " was a proverbial simile that was suggestive of a multitude of legends , stories of impossible achievements , and folk tales repeated among the people some of which are preserved in the 14 The Antiquity of ...
... the Lord . " Like Nimrod " was a proverbial simile that was suggestive of a multitude of legends , stories of impossible achievements , and folk tales repeated among the people some of which are preserved in the 14 The Antiquity of ...
Pagina 36
... story of the Gothamites which Mr. J. O. Halliwell gives in the following words : " On a time the men of Gotham , fain would have pinn'd in the cuckoo , whereby she should sing all the year ; and in the midst of the town they had a hedge ...
... story of the Gothamites which Mr. J. O. Halliwell gives in the following words : " On a time the men of Gotham , fain would have pinn'd in the cuckoo , whereby she should sing all the year ; and in the midst of the town they had a hedge ...
Pagina 37
... story , or some similar tradi- tion , may not have had something to do with the origin of the saying " A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush . " If the proverb sprang from some such tale we must not forget that all the Gothamite ...
... story , or some similar tradi- tion , may not have had something to do with the origin of the saying " A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush . " If the proverb sprang from some such tale we must not forget that all the Gothamite ...
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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