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 11
... rise early in the morning , that is , those who are indus- trious ; and the French to the same purport , " Aide toi et Dieu t'aidera , " help yourself and God will help you . Industry , " we say , " is Fortune's right hand , and ...
... rise early in the morning , that is , those who are indus- trious ; and the French to the same purport , " Aide toi et Dieu t'aidera , " help yourself and God will help you . Industry , " we say , " is Fortune's right hand , and ...
Pagina 19
... rise to the adage . " Bought wit , " we say , " is best ; " it will certainly be more likely to be remembered , than that which is obtained without suffering some kind of loss or inconvenience . Hence also we say , once bought , is ...
... rise to the adage . " Bought wit , " we say , " is best ; " it will certainly be more likely to be remembered , than that which is obtained without suffering some kind of loss or inconvenience . Hence also we say , once bought , is ...
Pagina 34
... rise from a supposed power of the polypus of assuming the colour of any sub- stance to which it adheres . When pursued it clings to the rocks , and taking the same it ( 34 ) veto." This is a dangerous fellow, beware ...
... rise from a supposed power of the polypus of assuming the colour of any sub- stance to which it adheres . When pursued it clings to the rocks , and taking the same it ( 34 ) veto." This is a dangerous fellow, beware ...
Pagina 48
... tulerit Vitulum , illa potest . " Who has been used to carry a calf , may in time carry an ox . " The adage is said to have taken its rise from the story of a woman who who took delight in nursing and carrying about with her ( 48 )
... tulerit Vitulum , illa potest . " Who has been used to carry a calf , may in time carry an ox . " The adage is said to have taken its rise from the story of a woman who who took delight in nursing and carrying about with her ( 48 )
Pagina 56
... rise from a scene in one of the Misteries , a kind of dramatic amusement very popular before the use of plays ; in which the devil is introduced shearing one of those ani- mals , which continued making a most fright- ful noise during ...
... rise from a scene in one of the Misteries , a kind of dramatic amusement very popular before the use of plays ; in which the devil is introduced shearing one of those ani- mals , which continued making a most fright- ful noise during ...
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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.