Proverbs of All NationsW. Kent & Company, 1861 - 238 páginas |
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Página 47
... given it historical celebrity . When the English were besieging Orleans , the Duke of Burgundy , their ally , intimated his desire that the town , when taken , should be given over to him . The regent replied , " Shall I beat the bush ...
... given it historical celebrity . When the English were besieging Orleans , the Duke of Burgundy , their ally , intimated his desire that the town , when taken , should be given over to him . The regent replied , " Shall I beat the bush ...
Página 58
... given against him , which always included a fine to the lord of the manor . 1 Il male è la vigilia del bene . 2 Wer da fallt , über ihm laufen alle Welt . À qui il meschet , on lui meffaict . Ao cao mordido , todos o mordem . 5 Quand le ...
... given against him , which always included a fine to the lord of the manor . 1 Il male è la vigilia del bene . 2 Wer da fallt , über ihm laufen alle Welt . À qui il meschet , on lui meffaict . Ao cao mordido , todos o mordem . 5 Quand le ...
Página 82
... given to believe in the sovereign efficacy of dulness . To be sure , dulness and solid vice are apt to go hand in hand . But then , according to our notions , dulness is in itself so good a thing — almost a religion . Now , if ever a ...
... given to believe in the sovereign efficacy of dulness . To be sure , dulness and solid vice are apt to go hand in hand . But then , according to our notions , dulness is in itself so good a thing — almost a religion . Now , if ever a ...
Página 88
... given ; but that which we have here set down is con firmed by the fact that in Italy they have also another reading of the proverb , namely , Per un punto Martino perse la cappa ( “ For a point Martin lost the cope " ) ; that is , the ...
... given ; but that which we have here set down is con firmed by the fact that in Italy they have also another reading of the proverb , namely , Per un punto Martino perse la cappa ( “ For a point Martin lost the cope " ) ; that is , the ...
Página 95
... given for it four times as much as it was worth . This put me in mind what good things I might have bought with the rest of the money ; and they laughed at me so much for my folly that I cried with vexation , and the reflection gave me ...
... given for it four times as much as it was worth . This put me in mind what good things I might have bought with the rest of the money ; and they laughed at me so much for my folly that I cried with vexation , and the reflection gave me ...
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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.