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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... woman , and a slash'd gown , find always some nail in the way . Ital . One may sooner fall than rise . Fall not out with a friend for a trifle . If I were to fall backwards , I should break my nose . - Ital . i . e . I am so foiled in ...
... woman , and a slash'd gown , find always some nail in the way . Ital . One may sooner fall than rise . Fall not out with a friend for a trifle . If I were to fall backwards , I should break my nose . - Ital . i . e . I am so foiled in ...
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... giudicar la nave , stando in terra . The chamber of sickness is the chapel of devotion . Silence seldom doth harm . Silence is the best ornament of a woman . Silks and satins put out the fire in the kitchen 18 PROVERBIAL SENTENCES .
... giudicar la nave , stando in terra . The chamber of sickness is the chapel of devotion . Silence seldom doth harm . Silence is the best ornament of a woman . Silks and satins put out the fire in the kitchen 18 PROVERBIAL SENTENCES .
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... woman tɔ her grave . I know not the reason of this proverb . Parsley was wont to be esteemed a very wholesome herb , however prepared ; only by the ancients it was for- bidden them that had the falling sickness ; and modern experience ...
... woman tɔ her grave . I know not the reason of this proverb . Parsley was wont to be esteemed a very wholesome herb , however prepared ; only by the ancients it was for- bidden them that had the falling sickness ; and modern experience ...
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... woman , and a bottle of wine , Are sweet for a season , but last for a time . Love comes in at the windows , and goes out at the doors . Love and a cough cannot be hid . Amor tussisque non celantur . The French and Italians add to these ...
... woman , and a bottle of wine , Are sweet for a season , but last for a time . Love comes in at the windows , and goes out at the doors . Love and a cough cannot be hid . Amor tussisque non celantur . The French and Italians add to these ...
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... woman woos the man . Courting and wooing brings dallying and doing . Happy is the wooing that is not long in doing . Widows are always rich . i . c . He that woos a maid , must come seldom in her sight : But he that woos a widow , must ...
... woman woos the man . Courting and wooing brings dallying and doing . Happy is the wooing that is not long in doing . Widows are always rich . i . c . He that woos a maid , must come seldom in her sight : But he that woos a widow , must ...
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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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