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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... fair wife , needs more than two eyes . Fair is not fair , but that which pleaseth . - Ital . Non è bello quel ' ch'è bello ma è bello quel ' che piace . A fair woman , and a slash'd gown , find always some nail in the way . Ital . One ...
... fair wife , needs more than two eyes . Fair is not fair , but that which pleaseth . - Ital . Non è bello quel ' ch'è bello ma è bello quel ' che piace . A fair woman , and a slash'd gown , find always some nail in the way . Ital . One ...
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... fair and loves me not , I'll speak him fair , and trust him not . He that speaks doth sow , he that holds his peace doth reap . Ital . Speech is the picture of the mind . Spend and be free , but make no waste . To a good spender God is ...
... fair and loves me not , I'll speak him fair , and trust him not . He that speaks doth sow , he that holds his peace doth reap . Ital . Speech is the picture of the mind . Spend and be free , but make no waste . To a good spender God is ...
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... fair weather in winter on one night's ice . He that goeth out with often loss , At last comes home by weeping cross . Weight and measure take away strife . He that doth well wearieth not himself . Well to work , and make a fire , Doth ...
... fair weather in winter on one night's ice . He that goeth out with often loss , At last comes home by weeping cross . Weight and measure take away strife . He that doth well wearieth not himself . Well to work , and make a fire , Doth ...
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... fair Februeer : or thus , The Welchman had rather see his dam on the bier , Than to see a fair Februeer . Some say , The hind had as lief see his wife on the bier , As that Candlemass - day should be pleasant and clear . February makes ...
... fair Februeer : or thus , The Welchman had rather see his dam on the bier , Than to see a fair Februeer . Some say , The hind had as lief see his wife on the bier , As that Candlemass - day should be pleasant and clear . February makes ...
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... fair and clear , Then hope for a prosperous Autumn that year . September , blow soft , ' till the fruit's in the loft . A Michaelmas rot comes ne'er in the pot . Good October , a good blast , To blow the hog acorn and mast . November ...
... fair and clear , Then hope for a prosperous Autumn that year . September , blow soft , ' till the fruit's in the loft . A Michaelmas rot comes ne'er in the pot . Good October , a good blast , To blow the hog acorn and mast . November ...
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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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