Proverbs of All NationsW. Kent, 1861 - 238 pàgines |
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Pàgina 33
... taken from the fable of a cat transformed into a woman , who scandalised her friends by jumping from her seat to catch a mouse . " A good hound hunts by kind " ( French ) . " " It is kind father to him , " as the Scotch say . " Good ...
... taken from the fable of a cat transformed into a woman , who scandalised her friends by jumping from her seat to catch a mouse . " A good hound hunts by kind " ( French ) . " " It is kind father to him , " as the Scotch say . " Good ...
Pàgina 44
... taken in a double sense : the rich man's friends are more than he can number ; he cannot be sure of the sincerity of any of them . He who is everybody's friend is 66 1 Die beste Freunde stecken im Beutel . 2 Abbiamo pur fiorini , che ...
... taken in a double sense : the rich man's friends are more than he can number ; he cannot be sure of the sincerity of any of them . He who is everybody's friend is 66 1 Die beste Freunde stecken im Beutel . 2 Abbiamo pur fiorini , che ...
Pàgina 47
... taken , should be given over to him . The regent replied , " Shall I beat the bush and another take the bird ? No such thing . " These words so offended the duke that he deserted the English at a time when they had the greatest need of ...
... taken , should be given over to him . The regent replied , " Shall I beat the bush and another take the bird ? No such thing . " These words so offended the duke that he deserted the English at a time when they had the greatest need of ...
Pàgina 85
... taken were afraid to bear witness against him , lest he should get off and cut their throats some time or other upon the roads ; whereas people would resist being robbed by a sneaking , pale - visaged rascal , and would swear bodily ...
... taken were afraid to bear witness against him , lest he should get off and cut their throats some time or other upon the roads ; whereas people would resist being robbed by a sneaking , pale - visaged rascal , and would swear bodily ...
Pàgina 90
... taken in part payment . Take the will for the deed . 5 " Gifts are as the givers " ( German ) . " The will gives the work its name . " " The will is the soul of the work " ( German ) .o Hell is paved with good intentions . A great moral ...
... taken in part payment . Take the will for the deed . 5 " Gifts are as the givers " ( German ) . " The will gives the work its name . " " The will is the soul of the work " ( German ) .o Hell is paved with good intentions . A great moral ...
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 66 - tis the soul of peace : Of all the virtues, 'tis nearest kin to heaven ; It makes men look like gods. The best of men That e'er wore earth about him, was a sufferer; A soft, meek, patient, humble, tranquil spirit : The first true gentleman, that ever breathed.
Pàgina 60 - This is the excellent foppery of the world, that when we are sick in fortune — often the surfeit of our own behaviour — we make guilty of our disasters the sun, the moon and the stars...
Pàgina 60 - ... we make guilty of our disasters the sun, the moon, and the stars: as if we were villains by necessity; fools by heavenly compulsion; knaves, thieves, and treachers, by spherical predominance; drunkards, liars, and adulterers, by an enforced obedience of planetary influence; and all that we are evil in, by a divine thrusting on: an admirable evasion of whoremaster man, to lay his goatish disposition to the charge of a star!
Pàgina 213 - A swarm of bees in May is worth a load of hay. A swarm of bees in June is worth a silver spoon. A swarm of bees in July is not worth a fly.
Pàgina 16 - Marriage is a desperate thing. The Frogs in JEsop were extreme wise ; they had a great mind to some Water, but they would not leap into the Well, because they could not get out again.
Pàgina 132 - The devil was sick, the devil a monk would be ; The devil was well, the devil a monk was he.
Pàgina 17 - God to bring thee to man's estate, use great providence and circumspection in choosing thy wife; for from thence will spring all thy future good or evil. And it is an action of life, like unto a stratagem of war, wherein a man can err but once. If thy estate be good, match near home and at leisure ; if weak, far off and quickly.
Pàgina 130 - Wherever God erects a house of prayer, The Devil always builds a chapel there: And 'twill be found upon examination, The latter has the largest congregation.
Pàgina 75 - Take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of themselves is as true of personal habits as of money.