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 xii
... his bow . " These specimens may be sufficient to shew the nature of proverbial phrases , and in some degree , the kind of elu- cidation here attempted . As As the source whence the adages are taken is shewn xii PREFACE .
... his bow . " These specimens may be sufficient to shew the nature of proverbial phrases , and in some degree , the kind of elu- cidation here attempted . As As the source whence the adages are taken is shewn xii PREFACE .
Pagina 1
... without friends is like a body without a soul . " Chi si trova senz ' amici , e come un corpo senz ' anima . " The French , by a very delicate B phrase , phrase , denominate friendship love that is without wings , PROVERBS , &c. &c. &c. ...
... without friends is like a body without a soul . " Chi si trova senz ' amici , e come un corpo senz ' anima . " The French , by a very delicate B phrase , phrase , denominate friendship love that is without wings , PROVERBS , &c. &c. &c. ...
Pagina 2
phrase , denominate friendship love that is without wings , " L'amitié est l'amour sans ailes , " meaning that it should be a permanent affection , and not easily to be obliterated . " Ova d'un ora , pane d'un di , vino d'un anno ...
phrase , denominate friendship love that is without wings , " L'amitié est l'amour sans ailes , " meaning that it should be a permanent affection , and not easily to be obliterated . " Ova d'un ora , pane d'un di , vino d'un anno ...
Pagina 19
... phrase is more commonly applied where two persons bespatter each other with fulsome and un- deserved compliments . " Scratch my breech , and I will claw your elbow . " Ne sus Minervam . Persons pretending to instruct those who are ...
... phrase is more commonly applied where two persons bespatter each other with fulsome and un- deserved compliments . " Scratch my breech , and I will claw your elbow . " Ne sus Minervam . Persons pretending to instruct those who are ...
Pagina 25
... phrases , meaning , You are as far from the right , as the east is from the west . Turdus ipse sibi malum cacat . " The Thrush when he defiles the bough , Sows for himself the seeds of woe . " Men of over communicative dispositions ...
... phrases , meaning , You are as far from the right , as the east is from the west . Turdus ipse sibi malum cacat . " The Thrush when he defiles the bough , Sows for himself the seeds of woe . " Men of over communicative dispositions ...
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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.