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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... nature , definition and use of proverbs , my notion of a proverb in brief is this ; a short sentence or phrase in common use , contain- ing some trope , figure , homonymy , rhyme , or other novity of expression . It is now some ten ...
... nature , definition and use of proverbs , my notion of a proverb in brief is this ; a short sentence or phrase in common use , contain- ing some trope , figure , homonymy , rhyme , or other novity of expression . It is now some ten ...
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... nature of a Proverb better than myself , and because I find the like in collections of Foreign Proverbs , both French and Italian , I chose rather to submit them to the censuro of the reader , than myself pass sentence of rejection on ...
... nature of a Proverb better than myself , and because I find the like in collections of Foreign Proverbs , both French and Italian , I chose rather to submit them to the censuro of the reader , than myself pass sentence of rejection on ...
xii psl.
... nature and use of the subject of this book , conveying at once entertainment and profit , as the wise man observes , like apples of gold in pictures of silver . A proverb is usually defined , an instructive sentence , or common and ...
... nature and use of the subject of this book , conveying at once entertainment and profit , as the wise man observes , like apples of gold in pictures of silver . A proverb is usually defined , an instructive sentence , or common and ...
10 psl.
... natural , que almozada de soiencia . One never loseth by doing good turns . Good and quickly seldom meet . Goods are theirs who enjoy them . Gossips and frogs drink and talk . Ital . The greatest strokes make not the best music . There ...
... natural , que almozada de soiencia . One never loseth by doing good turns . Good and quickly seldom meet . Goods are theirs who enjoy them . Gossips and frogs drink and talk . Ital . The greatest strokes make not the best music . There ...
14 psl.
... once a good name gets , May piss a bed , and say he sweats . Ital . The evil wound is cured , but not the evil name . Nature draws more than ten oxen . 1. 6 . Who perisheth in needless danger is the devil's martyr . AL.
... once a good name gets , May piss a bed , and say he sweats . Ital . The evil wound is cured , but not the evil name . Nature draws more than ten oxen . 1. 6 . Who perisheth in needless danger is the devil's martyr . AL.
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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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