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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... fire , beware of thine own ! " This is a proverb of great antiquity ; it is in both Ray and Kelly's Collections , and was forcibly applied at the com- mencement of the great political drama of modern history . The apprehension of danger ...
... fire , beware of thine own ! " This is a proverb of great antiquity ; it is in both Ray and Kelly's Collections , and was forcibly applied at the com- mencement of the great political drama of modern history . The apprehension of danger ...
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... fire , and water , soon make room for themselves . Italian . A man may live upon little , but he cannot live upon noth- ing at all . - Gaelic . A man knows his companion in a long journey and a small inn .-- Spanish A man must not spoil ...
... fire , and water , soon make room for themselves . Italian . A man may live upon little , but he cannot live upon noth- ing at all . - Gaelic . A man knows his companion in a long journey and a small inn .-- Spanish A man must not spoil ...
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... fire that warms , nor a meikle that burns.- Scotch . Better late thrive , as never do well . - Scotch . Beware of vinegar made of sweet wine . - Italian . Provoke not the rage of a patient man . Bold and shameless men are masters of the ...
... fire that warms , nor a meikle that burns.- Scotch . Better late thrive , as never do well . - Scotch . Beware of vinegar made of sweet wine . - Italian . Provoke not the rage of a patient man . Bold and shameless men are masters of the ...
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... Fire and water are good servants but bad masters . First come first served . French - Qui premier arrive au moulin , premier doit moudre . Feather by feather , the goose is plucked . Forbidden fruit is sweet . Ital . - I frutti ...
... Fire and water are good servants but bad masters . First come first served . French - Qui premier arrive au moulin , premier doit moudre . Feather by feather , the goose is plucked . Forbidden fruit is sweet . Ital . - I frutti ...
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... fire . He who despises his own life is master of that of others . Ital . - E padrone della vita altrui , chi la sua sprezza . " What shall he fear , who doth not fear death ! " - SCHILLEer . He that has one sh in the flock will like all ...
... fire . He who despises his own life is master of that of others . Ital . - E padrone della vita altrui , chi la sua sprezza . " What shall he fear , who doth not fear death ! " - SCHILLEer . He that has one sh in the flock will like all ...
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