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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... among the undeniable testimonies of truth . Quintilian , on account of their veracity and success , commends them as helps to the art of speaking and writing well The understanding of adages is not half so difficult as xi PREFACE .
... among the undeniable testimonies of truth . Quintilian , on account of their veracity and success , commends them as helps to the art of speaking and writing well The understanding of adages is not half so difficult as xi PREFACE .
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... an onion . Fr. The cat is hungry when a crust contents her . The liquorish cat gets many a rap . It's a bad cause that none dare speak in . He that chastiseth one , amendeth many . The charitable PROVERBIAL SENTENCES . 3.
... an onion . Fr. The cat is hungry when a crust contents her . The liquorish cat gets many a rap . It's a bad cause that none dare speak in . He that chastiseth one , amendeth many . The charitable PROVERBIAL SENTENCES . 3.
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... . Span . You may speak with your gold , and make other tongues dumb . Where gold speaks every tongue is silenced . - Itul . Dove l'oro parla , ogni lingua tace . When we have gold we are in fear , when PROVERBIAL SENTENCES .
... . Span . You may speak with your gold , and make other tongues dumb . Where gold speaks every tongue is silenced . - Itul . Dove l'oro parla , ogni lingua tace . When we have gold we are in fear , when PROVERBIAL SENTENCES .
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... speak much that cannot speak well . The March sun causes dust , and the wind blows it about . When the mare hath a bald face , the filly will have a blaze . The market is the best garden . In London they say , Cheap- side is the best ...
... speak much that cannot speak well . The March sun causes dust , and the wind blows it about . When the mare hath a bald face , the filly will have a blaze . The market is the best garden . In London they say , Cheap- side is the best ...
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... speak . An empty purse fills the face with wrinkles . Ask thy purse what thou shouldst buy . An empty purse , and a new house , make a man wise , but too late . - Port . A bolza vazia , e a casa acabada faz c home sesudo , mastarde . R ...
... speak . An empty purse fills the face with wrinkles . Ask thy purse what thou shouldst buy . An empty purse , and a new house , make a man wise , but too late . - Port . A bolza vazia , e a casa acabada faz c home sesudo , mastarde . R ...
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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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