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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... husbands , masters , and house keepers . Out of sight , out of mind . - Dutch . P. Patience is a plaster for all sores . Patch by patch is good husbandry , but patch upon patch is plain beggary . Pigs love that lie together . Plain ...
... husbands , masters , and house keepers . Out of sight , out of mind . - Dutch . P. Patience is a plaster for all sores . Patch by patch is good husbandry , but patch upon patch is plain beggary . Pigs love that lie together . Plain ...
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... husband . There are as many exceptions in this proverb , as to the French saying , " Bon poete , mauvais homme . " A good poet , a bad man . The whole ocean is made up of single drops . The usurer and spendthrift are cat and mouse . The ...
... husband . There are as many exceptions in this proverb , as to the French saying , " Bon poete , mauvais homme . " A good poet , a bad man . The whole ocean is made up of single drops . The usurer and spendthrift are cat and mouse . The ...
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... husband ; you are good for little , and I for less .--- Spanish . Time and tide stay for no man . Time is a file that wears and makes no noise . Three things cost dear : the caresses of a dog , the love of a mistress , and the invasion ...
... husband ; you are good for little , and I for less .--- Spanish . Time and tide stay for no man . Time is a file that wears and makes no noise . Three things cost dear : the caresses of a dog , the love of a mistress , and the invasion ...
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... husband . A man of straw is worth a woman of gold . French .- " Un homme de paille , vaut une femme d'or . If this proverb be meant literally , we can only say it is a very ungallant one , especially from so gallant a nation as the ...
... husband . A man of straw is worth a woman of gold . French .- " Un homme de paille , vaut une femme d'or . If this proverb be meant literally , we can only say it is a very ungallant one , especially from so gallant a nation as the ...
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... husbands none at all . Be a good husband , and you will soon get a penny to spend penny to lend , and a penny for a friend Biting and scratching is Scots ' folks wooing .-- Scotch . Which answers to the Spanish saying , on the amorous ...
... husbands none at all . Be a good husband , and you will soon get a penny to spend penny to lend , and a penny for a friend Biting and scratching is Scots ' folks wooing .-- Scotch . Which answers to the Spanish saying , on the amorous ...
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