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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... knows no more to any purpose than he practises . A place at court is a continual bribe . A true reformation must begin at the upper end . Windham used to say , " it was the lower end that was most corrupt , and reformation ought to ...
... knows no more to any purpose than he practises . A place at court is a continual bribe . A true reformation must begin at the upper end . Windham used to say , " it was the lower end that was most corrupt , and reformation ought to ...
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... knows his companion in a long journey and a small inn .-- Spanish A man must not spoil the pheasant's tail . — Ital . A fool always comes short of his reckoning . The half is better than the whole . A Greek proverb , recommending a ...
... knows his companion in a long journey and a small inn .-- Spanish A man must not spoil the pheasant's tail . — Ital . A fool always comes short of his reckoning . The half is better than the whole . A Greek proverb , recommending a ...
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... knows how to find fault , Every body's busness is no body's business . Every good scholar is not a good schoolmaster . Every man wishes the water to his ain mill . - Scotch . Every man is best known to himself . Every dog has his day ...
... knows how to find fault , Every body's busness is no body's business . Every good scholar is not a good schoolmaster . Every man wishes the water to his ain mill . - Scotch . Every man is best known to himself . Every dog has his day ...
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... know what shall be , must consider what hath been . He who gives blows is a master , he who gives none is a dog . A Bengalese proverb , strikingly expressive of the mean and degraded state of the people who could use it . It is deri ...
... know what shall be , must consider what hath been . He who gives blows is a master , he who gives none is a dog . A Bengalese proverb , strikingly expressive of the mean and degraded state of the people who could use it . It is deri ...
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... knows little of a palace . - Spanish . That is , he is soon put out of countenance . He who rides behind another does not travel when he pleases . - Spanish . He who peeps through a hole may see what will vex him . He that licks honey ...
... knows little of a palace . - Spanish . That is , he is soon put out of countenance . He who rides behind another does not travel when he pleases . - Spanish . He who peeps through a hole may see what will vex him . He that licks honey ...
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