Select Proverbs of All Nations: Illustrated with Notes and Comments, to which is Added, a Summary of Ancient Pastimes, Holidays and Customs. With an Analysis of the Wisdom of the Ancients, and of the Fathers of the Church, the Whole Arranged on a New PlanJohn Wade P. Covert, 1825 - 216 Seiten |
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... belly full is no great eater . - Spanish . A man may talk like a wise man , and yet act like a fool . All is but lip - wisdom that wants experience . An emmet may work its heart out , but can never make honey . We cannot have figs from ...
... belly full is no great eater . - Spanish . A man may talk like a wise man , and yet act like a fool . All is but lip - wisdom that wants experience . An emmet may work its heart out , but can never make honey . We cannot have figs from ...
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... do well than to say well . - Ital . It is easy preaching to the fasting with a full belly .--- Ital . It is good to fear the worst , the best will save itself . It's an ill horse that will not carry his own 4 OF ALL NATIONS . 37.
... do well than to say well . - Ital . It is easy preaching to the fasting with a full belly .--- Ital . It is good to fear the worst , the best will save itself . It's an ill horse that will not carry his own 4 OF ALL NATIONS . 37.
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... belly . - Scotch . It is not an art to play , but it is a very good art to leave off play . - Italian . It is too much for one good man to want . Italy to be born in , France to live in , and Spain to die in . I am not sorry that my son ...
... belly . - Scotch . It is not an art to play , but it is a very good art to leave off play . - Italian . It is too much for one good man to want . Italy to be born in , France to live in , and Spain to die in . I am not sorry that my son ...
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... belly full which butts his companion . Spanish . Those who have ate and drank freely are more gay and wan- ton than when cool and fasting . That is but an empty purse that is full of other folks ' money . That which has its value from ...
... belly full which butts his companion . Spanish . Those who have ate and drank freely are more gay and wan- ton than when cool and fasting . That is but an empty purse that is full of other folks ' money . That which has its value from ...
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... belly full . - Spanish . When a person is in fear , he is in no state for enjoyment . The child says nothing but what he heard at the fire side . The fox is very cunning , but he is more cunning that catches him .--- Spanish . The devil ...
... belly full . - Spanish . When a person is in fear , he is in no state for enjoyment . The child says nothing but what he heard at the fire side . The fox is very cunning , but he is more cunning that catches him .--- Spanish . The devil ...
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ancient beauty belly better Bishop of Winchester Boy Bishop bread called church Cicero cuckold custom D'Israeli dead devil door drink eggs enemy England evil fair fear fire fish folly fool formerly fortune French Ghost give goes hand hang hath heart Henry VIII honour horse husband Ital Italian Julius Cæsar keep king knave knows live London lord maid man's married maxims means meat Mid-Lent Sunday morris dance mouth nature never observed pastimes persons play poor popular Poverty praise proverb Publius Syrus purse quintain quoth rich Scotch Scotland servants Skimmington Spanish Spanish proverb speak spirits Tenterden thing thou tion truth Vicar of Bray virtue Weeping Cross wife wine wisdom wise witches woman women words worse young