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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... horse with a pack - saddle . - Spanish . A new broom sweeps clean . An ill workman quarrels with his tools . A proud heart in a poor breast , he's meikle dolour to drain . - Scotch . Apothecaries would not give pills in sugar unless ...
... horse with a pack - saddle . - Spanish . A new broom sweeps clean . An ill workman quarrels with his tools . A proud heart in a poor breast , he's meikle dolour to drain . - Scotch . Apothecaries would not give pills in sugar unless ...
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... horse that throws me . - Spanish . Biting and scratching got the cat with kitten . Birds of a feather flock together . Blaw the wind never so fast it will lower at last . - Scotch . Building is a sweet impoverishing . Our forefathers ...
... horse that throws me . - Spanish . Biting and scratching got the cat with kitten . Birds of a feather flock together . Blaw the wind never so fast it will lower at last . - Scotch . Building is a sweet impoverishing . Our forefathers ...
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... horse . ' Every one to his trade , ' quoth the boy to the Bishop . Eternity has no grey hairs . Every thing would live . Every ass thinks himself worthy to stand with the king's horses . " Every one to his liking , ' as the man said ...
... horse . ' Every one to his trade , ' quoth the boy to the Bishop . Eternity has no grey hairs . Every thing would live . Every ass thinks himself worthy to stand with the king's horses . " Every one to his liking , ' as the man said ...
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... horses . Ever drunk , every dry . Lat - Parthi quo plus bibunt eo plus sitiunt . Every potter praises his own pot , and more if it be broken . Every man kens best where his own shoe ... horse play is not for gentlemen OF ALL NATIONS . 27.
... horses . Ever drunk , every dry . Lat - Parthi quo plus bibunt eo plus sitiunt . Every potter praises his own pot , and more if it be broken . Every man kens best where his own shoe ... horse play is not for gentlemen OF ALL NATIONS . 27.
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... horse play is not for gentlemen . Fiddler's fare - meat , drink , and money . - Scotch . Fire and water are good servants but bad masters . First come first served . French - Qui premier arrive au moulin , premier doit moudre . Feather ...
... horse play is not for gentlemen . Fiddler's fare - meat , drink , and money . - Scotch . Fire and water are good servants but bad masters . First come first served . French - Qui premier arrive au moulin , premier doit moudre . Feather ...
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