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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... kings and governments , of which , formerly , the Spaniards entertained a lively jealousy . England contains a rich mine of proverbial lore , in which , I fancy , we may trace the genius of the peopie . We are a mix- ed race , and our ...
... kings and governments , of which , formerly , the Spaniards entertained a lively jealousy . England contains a rich mine of proverbial lore , in which , I fancy , we may trace the genius of the peopie . We are a mix- ed race , and our ...
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... ib . Eloquence Friendship Folly . Industry 204 Time ib . Virtue ib . Wisdom -205 Women - ib . 209 211 212 Justice ib . Miscellaneous Maxims 213 Kings and Laws ib . PROVERBS , & c . SELECT PROVERBS OF ALL NATIONS. xvi CONTENTS .
... ib . Eloquence Friendship Folly . Industry 204 Time ib . Virtue ib . Wisdom -205 Women - ib . 209 211 212 Justice ib . Miscellaneous Maxims 213 Kings and Laws ib . PROVERBS , & c . SELECT PROVERBS OF ALL NATIONS. xvi CONTENTS .
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... . 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 , when he kissed his cow . England's the Paradise of women , and hell of horses 26 SELECT PROVERBS.
... . 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 , when he kissed his cow . England's the Paradise of women , and hell of horses 26 SELECT PROVERBS.
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... King relates in the " Anecdotes of his Own Times , " that he had put the question to many persons Whether they would wish to live their time over again , ex- periencing exactly the same good and evil , and that he never met one who ...
... King relates in the " Anecdotes of his Own Times , " that he had put the question to many persons Whether they would wish to live their time over again , ex- periencing exactly the same good and evil , and that he never met one who ...
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... king . Spanish . A little wit , among foolish people , will pass a man for a great genius . It is applied to those who are tickled with the admiration of weak and unworthy persons . In the forehead and the eye , the lecture of the mind ...
... king . Spanish . A little wit , among foolish people , will pass a man for a great genius . It is applied to those who are tickled with the admiration of weak and unworthy persons . In the forehead and the eye , the lecture of the mind ...
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