Proverbs and Their LessonsProverbium, 2003 - 179 páginas |
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... character of life , alike outward and inward , as poor , mean , sordid , and ignoble , with only a few faintest glimpses of that romance which one usually attaches to the East ; all this , as we study these documents , rises up before ...
... character of life , alike outward and inward , as poor , mean , sordid , and ignoble , with only a few faintest glimpses of that romance which one usually attaches to the East ; all this , as we study these documents , rises up before ...
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... character of proverbs to look at matters all round , there are others to remind us that even this very giving itself shall be with forethought and discretion ; with selection of right objects , and in right pro- portion to each ...
... character of proverbs to look at matters all round , there are others to remind us that even this very giving itself shall be with forethought and discretion ; with selection of right objects , and in right pro- portion to each ...
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... character of the lie , is well ex- pressed in a Swiss proverb : It takes a good many shovelfuls of earth to bury the truth . For , bury it * Perhaps the Spanish form of this proverb is still better : La mentira tiene cortas las piernas ...
... character of the lie , is well ex- pressed in a Swiss proverb : It takes a good many shovelfuls of earth to bury the truth . For , bury it * Perhaps the Spanish form of this proverb is still better : La mentira tiene cortas las piernas ...
Contenido
THE FORM AND DEFINITION OF A PROVERB | 1 |
THE GENERATION OF PROVERBS | 26 |
THE PROVERBS OF different NATIONS COMPARED | 46 |
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Adagia adduced affirm Alliteration appears application Aristotle better birth blessing brond carcase Catalan Christian collection Compare contain conviction Deus devil divine doubt English Proverbs evil Extremes meet F. E. Hulme fact faith father French German proverb give God's Greek proverb heart Heidelberg tun Hendyng honour Hudibras Ibycus Italian proverb Jeremy Taylor kingdom of heaven language Latin proverb lecture lessons lips lives man's maxims medieval men's Mieder modern moral mouth nations ness never oftentimes once ourselves pass Persian Plautus Plutarch poetry popular present Proverb Lore quam quod quote regard rhyme rich Richard Chenevix Richard Chenevix Trench Roman Scripture selfish sense shame SMYTHE PALMER sometimes Spanish proverb speak spirit thee thine things thou tion tongue true truth utterance verb via lucis voice vult warning wisdom wise words worthy