Proverbs, Chiefly Taken from the Adagia of Erasmus, with Explanations and Further Illustrated by Corresponding Examples from the Spanish, Italian, French and English LanguagesT. Egerton, 1814 - 139 pagini |
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Pagina 7
... wise , as the French are found to be more wise , more politic , at the least , than from their respective habits and manners , might be expected . B 2 Pannus Pannus lacer . A tattered garment , which , if ( 7 )
... wise , as the French are found to be more wise , more politic , at the least , than from their respective habits and manners , might be expected . B 2 Pannus Pannus lacer . A tattered garment , which , if ( 7 )
Pagina 39
... wise and virtuous , you will be pleased with wealth , for enabling you to be useful to many ; with poverty , for not having much to care for ; with fame , for procuring you honour ; and with obscurity , for keeping you from be ing ...
... wise and virtuous , you will be pleased with wealth , for enabling you to be useful to many ; with poverty , for not having much to care for ; with fame , for procuring you honour ; and with obscurity , for keeping you from be ing ...
Pagina 50
... wise resist . " Springes to catch woodcocks , " says the sententious Polonius , cautioning his daughter against giving credit to Hamlet's promises and presents . Furari Litoris Arenas . It is stealing sand from the sea shore , may be ...
... wise resist . " Springes to catch woodcocks , " says the sententious Polonius , cautioning his daughter against giving credit to Hamlet's promises and presents . Furari Litoris Arenas . It is stealing sand from the sea shore , may be ...
Pagina 57
... wise is health . " " En boca cerrada no entra moscha , " flies do not enter into the mouth that is shut , or , no mis- chief can ensue from being silent ; and " an ounce of honey will catch more flies than a gallon of vinegar ...
... wise is health . " " En boca cerrada no entra moscha , " flies do not enter into the mouth that is shut , or , no mis- chief can ensue from being silent ; and " an ounce of honey will catch more flies than a gallon of vinegar ...
Pagina 69
... wise liv'd yesterday . " In Calum jacularis . Threatening those whom you cannot hurt , but whose anger may be highly prejudicial to yourself , is like hurling your dart against the heavens , which it cannot reach , but it may wound you ...
... wise liv'd yesterday . " In Calum jacularis . Threatening those whom you cannot hurt , but whose anger may be highly prejudicial to yourself , is like hurling your dart against the heavens , which it cannot reach , but it may wound you ...
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acquainted acquired adage Æsop Amyclas Anaxagoras ancients apothegm applied to persons Aulus Gellius bear become better Cato censure Cicero contempt courage cure death deserve diseases disgrace doth enemy envy Epictetus esteemed evil exer expected eyes fall false friend fame favour fear folly fool fortune frequently friends give Grecians habet hath hear honour horse inhabitants Jupiter kind la boca labour learned liquit live Malum means medicine ment Milesians mind mischief miserable misfortunes mouth Mulier necessary neighbour never nihil Nile obtained occasion opinion perhaps Pericles Philip of Macedon phrase physician Plautus pleasure Plutarch poet Polycrates poor possess poverty procuring proverb quæ quam Quid quod racter rich semper serpent servants shew Spaniards say suffer sunt tain taken Theognis thing thou thought Tiberius tion told tongue vice weep wise wish wretched young