A Hand-book of Proverbs: Comprising an Entire Republication of Ray's Collection of English Proverbs, with His Additions from Foreign Languages, and a Complete Alphabetical IndexG. Bell and sons, 1899 - 583 psl. |
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... there is an alphabet of Latin proverbs paralleled with English . 2. Camden's Remains , in which also there are a good number of English proverbs alphabetically disposed . 3. Clerk's collection before mentioned . 4. An alphabetical ...
... there is an alphabet of Latin proverbs paralleled with English . 2. Camden's Remains , in which also there are a good number of English proverbs alphabetically disposed . 3. Clerk's collection before mentioned . 4. An alphabetical ...
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... There's no great banquet but some fare ill . One barber shaves not so close but another finds work . On a good bargain think twice . Ital . Barefooted men should not tread on thorns . Bashfulness is an enemy to poverty . Better to be ...
... There's no great banquet but some fare ill . One barber shaves not so close but another finds work . On a good bargain think twice . Ital . Barefooted men should not tread on thorns . Bashfulness is an enemy to poverty . Better to be ...
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... THERE is no cake but there is the like of the same make . In a calm sea every man is a pilot . A good candle - holder proves a good gamester . If thou hast not a capon , feed on an onion . Fr. The cat is hungry when a crust contents her ...
... THERE is no cake but there is the like of the same make . In a calm sea every man is a pilot . A good candle - holder proves a good gamester . If thou hast not a capon , feed on an onion . Fr. The cat is hungry when a crust contents her ...
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... There could be no great ones if there were no little . He that gropes in the dark finds that he would not . Many things grow in the garden that were never there . The groundsel speaks not save what it heard of the hinges . He who is a ...
... There could be no great ones if there were no little . He that gropes in the dark finds that he would not . Many things grow in the garden that were never there . The groundsel speaks not save what it heard of the hinges . He who is a ...
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... there's not an ounce of love . The law is not the same at morning and night . The worst of law is , that one suit breeds twenty . Span . A suit of law and an urinal brings a man to the hospital . Span . A good lawyer , an evil neighbour ...
... there's not an ounce of love . The law is not the same at morning and night . The worst of law is , that one suit breeds twenty . Span . A suit of law and an urinal brings a man to the hospital . Span . A good lawyer , an evil neighbour ...
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A handbook of proverbs Comprising an entire republ. of English proverbs ... Henry George Bohn,John Ray Visos knygos peržiūra - 1855 |
A Hand-book of Proverbs Comprising an Entire Republication of Ray's ... Henry George Bohn Visos knygos peržiūra - 1855 |
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