Proverbs of All NationsW. Kent, 1861 - 238 páginas |
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... better they be . There is Latin authority for this barbarous distich . ' The Italians say , " Women , asses , and nuts require rough hands . " Much wiser is the Scotch adage , - Ye may ding the deil into a wife , but ye'll ne'er ding ...
... better they be . There is Latin authority for this barbarous distich . ' The Italians say , " Women , asses , and nuts require rough hands . " Much wiser is the Scotch adage , - Ye may ding the deil into a wife , but ye'll ne'er ding ...
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... better light . " Hence the Italian warning to choose " Neither jewel , nor woman , nor linen by candlelight ; " 3 and the French hyperbole , " By candlelight a goat looks a lady . " 4 66 " Never If Jack is in love he is no judge of ...
... better light . " Hence the Italian warning to choose " Neither jewel , nor woman , nor linen by candlelight ; " 3 and the French hyperbole , " By candlelight a goat looks a lady . " 4 66 " Never If Jack is in love he is no judge of ...
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... better to have a husband without love than with jealousy . " 5 " " No folly to being in love . - Welsh . " To love and to be wise is impossible " ( Spanish ) ; ' 1 Qui non zelat non amat . 2 Amour chasse jalousie . 3 Amor vuol fede , e ...
... better to have a husband without love than with jealousy . " 5 " " No folly to being in love . - Welsh . " To love and to be wise is impossible " ( Spanish ) ; ' 1 Qui non zelat non amat . 2 Amour chasse jalousie . 3 Amor vuol fede , e ...
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... Better wed over the mixon than over the moor . The mixon is the heap of manure in the farmyard . The proverb means that it is better not to go far from home in search of a wife - advice as old as the Greek poet Hesiod , who has a line ...
... Better wed over the mixon than over the moor . The mixon is the heap of manure in the farmyard . The proverb means that it is better not to go far from home in search of a wife - advice as old as the Greek poet Hesiod , who has a line ...
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... Better woo o'er midden nor o'er moss . And in Germany they give the same advice , and also assign a reason for it , saying , " Marry over the mixon , and you will know who and what she is . " The same principle is expressed in different ...
... Better woo o'er midden nor o'er moss . And in Germany they give the same advice , and also assign a reason for it , saying , " Marry over the mixon , and you will know who and what she is . " The same principle is expressed in different ...
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Proverbs of All Nations: Compared, Explained, and Illustrated (Classic Reprint) Walter K. Kelly Sin vista previa disponible - 2015 |
Términos y frases comunes
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Página 66 - tis the soul of peace : Of all the virtues, 'tis nearest kin to heaven ; It makes men look like gods. The best of men That e'er wore earth about him, was a sufferer; A soft, meek, patient, humble, tranquil spirit : The first true gentleman, that ever breathed.
Página 60 - This is the excellent foppery of the world, that when we are sick in fortune — often the surfeit of our own behaviour — we make guilty of our disasters the sun, the moon and the stars...
Página 60 - ... we make guilty of our disasters the sun, the moon, and the stars: as if we were villains by necessity; fools by heavenly compulsion; knaves, thieves, and treachers, by spherical predominance; drunkards, liars, and adulterers, by an enforced obedience of planetary influence; and all that we are evil in, by a divine thrusting on: an admirable evasion of whoremaster man, to lay his goatish disposition to the charge of a star!
Página 213 - A swarm of bees in May is worth a load of hay. A swarm of bees in June is worth a silver spoon. A swarm of bees in July is not worth a fly.
Página 16 - Marriage is a desperate thing. The Frogs in JEsop were extreme wise ; they had a great mind to some Water, but they would not leap into the Well, because they could not get out again.
Página 132 - The devil was sick, the devil a monk would be ; The devil was well, the devil a monk was he.
Página 17 - God to bring thee to man's estate, use great providence and circumspection in choosing thy wife; for from thence will spring all thy future good or evil. And it is an action of life, like unto a stratagem of war, wherein a man can err but once. If thy estate be good, match near home and at leisure ; if weak, far off and quickly.
Página 130 - Wherever God erects a house of prayer, The Devil always builds a chapel there: And 'twill be found upon examination, The latter has the largest congregation.
Página 75 - Take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of themselves is as true of personal habits as of money.