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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... fair sex have sustain- ed a singular injustice ; and what renders it more remark- able is , that the nations most celebrated for gallantry have been the greatest offenders , --- since it is in the popular say - ings of Italians , French ...
... fair sex have sustain- ed a singular injustice ; and what renders it more remark- able is , that the nations most celebrated for gallantry have been the greatest offenders , --- since it is in the popular say - ings of Italians , French ...
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... fair lady . Lat - Audentes fortuna juvat . Fair maidens wear no purses . - Scotch . Spoken when young women offer to pay their club in company , which the Scots will never allow , nor the Eng- lish either . Fair words and foul play ...
... fair lady . Lat - Audentes fortuna juvat . Fair maidens wear no purses . - Scotch . Spoken when young women offer to pay their club in company , which the Scots will never allow , nor the Eng- lish either . Fair words and foul play ...
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... fair and loves me not , I'll speak him fair and trust him not . He that does you an ill turn will never forgive you Scotch . He that fears leaves must not come into a wood . He who eats the meat , let him pick the bone . - Spanish . He ...
... fair and loves me not , I'll speak him fair and trust him not . He that does you an ill turn will never forgive you Scotch . He that fears leaves must not come into a wood . He who eats the meat , let him pick the bone . - Spanish . He ...
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... fair chance , when usefully directed , to receive their deserts . Seven hour's sleep makes a clown forget his design . Secret joys are like an extinguished candle . - Spanish . Solitary joy is the most melancholy thing in the world . If ...
... fair chance , when usefully directed , to receive their deserts . Seven hour's sleep makes a clown forget his design . Secret joys are like an extinguished candle . - Spanish . Solitary joy is the most melancholy thing in the world . If ...
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... fair countenances that now fill our streets with life and gaiety ! What will have become of the big wigs and fur gowns the counsellors and judges - the orators of St. Stephen's - the turtle - eating aldermen , the prating common ...
... fair countenances that now fill our streets with life and gaiety ! What will have become of the big wigs and fur gowns the counsellors and judges - the orators of St. Stephen's - the turtle - eating aldermen , the prating common ...
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