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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... meaning and use of each proverb ; but that I forbear upon good reasons . 1. Because these proverbs being generally used and well known to the vulgar , I feared lest I might incur just blame for endeavouring to explain that of which ...
... meaning and use of each proverb ; but that I forbear upon good reasons . 1. Because these proverbs being generally used and well known to the vulgar , I feared lest I might incur just blame for endeavouring to explain that of which ...
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... tongue speaketh . Who spits against heaven it falls in his face . Spen . Hell is full of good meanings and wishes . Hell is paved with good intentions . Dum caput King Henry robbed the church and died poor . The 10 PROVERBIAL SENTENCES .
... tongue speaketh . Who spits against heaven it falls in his face . Spen . Hell is full of good meanings and wishes . Hell is paved with good intentions . Dum caput King Henry robbed the church and died poor . The 10 PROVERBIAL SENTENCES .
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... meaning , that the showers are governed by the planets , which being er- tatic in their own motions , cause such uncertain wandering of clouds and falls of rain . Or that the fall of showers is as uncertain as the motion of the planets ...
... meaning , that the showers are governed by the planets , which being er- tatic in their own motions , cause such uncertain wandering of clouds and falls of rain . Or that the fall of showers is as uncertain as the motion of the planets ...
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... meaning of our English proverb is , Lovers and princes cannot endure rivals or partners . Omnisque potes- tas impatiens consortis erit . The Italian and French , though the same in . words , have I think a different sense , viz . Non ...
... meaning of our English proverb is , Lovers and princes cannot endure rivals or partners . Omnisque potes- tas impatiens consortis erit . The Italian and French , though the same in . words , have I think a different sense , viz . Non ...
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... meaning is the same with Courting and wooing brings dallying and doing . Free of her lips , free of her hips . A rouk - town's seldom a good house - wife at home . This is a Yorkshire proverb . A rouk - town is a gossiping house - wife ...
... meaning is the same with Courting and wooing brings dallying and doing . Free of her lips , free of her hips . A rouk - town's seldom a good house - wife at home . This is a Yorkshire proverb . A rouk - town is a gossiping house - wife ...
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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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