Proverbs, Chiefly Taken from the Adagia of Erasmus, with Explanations; and Further Illustrated by Corresponding Examples from the Spanish, Italian, French & English Languages, Volumul 1T. Egerton, 1814 |
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Pagina iii
... equally happy in an opportunity of thus publicly subscribing myself Your obliged and obedient Servant , Leicester Square , London , ROBERT BLAND . January 1st , 1814 . PREFACE .. THE greater part of the Proverbs contained in.
... equally happy in an opportunity of thus publicly subscribing myself Your obliged and obedient Servant , Leicester Square , London , ROBERT BLAND . January 1st , 1814 . PREFACE .. THE greater part of the Proverbs contained in.
Pagina xiv
... equally pleasant and beneficial ; and from the present posture of affairs , it may be expected that the countries where they are spoken will be soon opened to us and though the mass of the people in one of those countries have shewn ...
... equally pleasant and beneficial ; and from the present posture of affairs , it may be expected that the countries where they are spoken will be soon opened to us and though the mass of the people in one of those countries have shewn ...
Pagina 31
... equally the child of superstition , is Alba Gallina Filius . " Hijo de la Gallina blanca . " Born of a white hen . This was said of persons who were extremely fortunate ; who were successful in whatever they undertook ; " who were born ...
... equally the child of superstition , is Alba Gallina Filius . " Hijo de la Gallina blanca . " Born of a white hen . This was said of persons who were extremely fortunate ; who were successful in whatever they undertook ; " who were born ...
Pagina 32
... equally thrifty ; and as there was thought to be some- thing supernatural in its preservation , branches from it continued long to be used by succeed- ing emperors , in their triumphs . " En hora buena nace , quien buena fama cobra ...
... equally thrifty ; and as there was thought to be some- thing supernatural in its preservation , branches from it continued long to be used by succeed- ing emperors , in their triumphs . " En hora buena nace , quien buena fama cobra ...
Pagina 78
... equally fit to conduct matters of business or of pleasure : such a man , we are told , was the philosopher Aristippus . " Omnis Aristippum decuit color . " Every thing became him , by which enviable qualities , he was always a favoured ...
... equally fit to conduct matters of business or of pleasure : such a man , we are told , was the philosopher Aristippus . " Omnis Aristippum decuit color . " Every thing became him , by which enviable qualities , he was always a favoured ...
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acquired adage ADAGIA Æsop Amyclas ancients Antisthenes apothegm applied to persons attempting Augustus Cæsar bear become better bird Cæsar censure Cicero cure danger death Demosthenes disgrace dispositions doth ears endeavour Epictetus Erasmus escape esteemed evil expected eyes fall fame favour fear follies fool fortune French frequently friends give hand hath hear Hence honour horse intimate Jupiter Juvenal king la boca labour live Lord Verulam mala malè manner Marc Anthony master means ment mind misery misfortune neighbours never nihil observed obtained occasion opinion ourselves perhaps Philip of Macedon phrase physician Plautus pleasure Plutarch poet possess proverb punishment quæ quam quid quod racter rich Romans sense servants shew Spaniards say speak story suffer Syloson tain taken tell thee thing thou thought tion told tongue vice wise young
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Pagina 281 - Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive. Yea, better is he than both they, which hath not yet been, who hath not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.
Pagina 191 - Is not a patron, my lord, one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the water, and, when he has reached ground, encumbers him with help?
Pagina 275 - Of every hearer; for it so falls out That what we have we prize not to the worth Whiles we enjoy it, but being lack'd and lost, Why, then we rack the value, then we find The virtue that possession would not show us Whiles it was ours.
Pagina 191 - The notice which you have been pleased to take of my labours, had it been early had been kind ; but it has been delayed till I am indifferent, and cannot enjoy it ; till I am solitary. and cannot impart it; till I am known, and do not want it.
Pagina 41 - But where to find that happiest spot below Who can direct, when all pretend to know ? The shuddering tenant of the frigid zone Boldly proclaims that happiest spot his own ; Extols the treasures of his stormy seas, And his long nights of revelry and ease...
Pagina 279 - It is a pleasure to stand upon the shore and to see ships tossed upon the sea; a pleasure to stand in the window of a castle and to see a battle and the adventures thereof below; but no pleasure is comparable to the standing upon the vantage ground of truth (a hill not to be commanded, and where the air is always clear and serene), and to see the errors and wanderings and mists and tempests in the vale below...
Pagina 71 - STILL to be neat, still to be drest, As you were going to a feast; Still to be powdered, still perfumed; Lady, it is to be presumed, Though art's hid causes are not found, All is not sweet, all is not sound.
Pagina 279 - ... (a hill not to be commanded, and where the air is always clear and serene), and to see the errors and wanderings and mists and tempests in the vale below; so always that this prospect be with pity, and not with swelling or pride.
Pagina 144 - It happened at Athens, during a public representation of some play exhibited in honour of the commonwealth, that an old gentleman came too late for a place suitable to his age and quality. Many of the young gentlemen who observed the difficulty and confusion he was in, made signs to him that they would accommodate him if he came where they sat.
Pagina 35 - Curse not the king, no not in thy thought; and curse not the rich in thy bedchamber: for a bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that which hath wings shall tell the matter.