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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... truths constantly operating in the world , as unchangeable as the principles of nature . Time and space have no effect upon them . They are alike palpa- ble in all ages - are the same now as they were at the begin- ning , and will be ...
... truths constantly operating in the world , as unchangeable as the principles of nature . Time and space have no effect upon them . They are alike palpa- ble in all ages - are the same now as they were at the begin- ning , and will be ...
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... truth has sealed the doom of many an unhappy wretch , by determining the last resolve of the traitor , burg- lar , and assassin . We cannot look into the annals of crime , on the page of history , without meeting with examples of the ...
... truth has sealed the doom of many an unhappy wretch , by determining the last resolve of the traitor , burg- lar , and assassin . We cannot look into the annals of crime , on the page of history , without meeting with examples of the ...
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... truths , expanded from some forgotten adage ! " I am of opinion , Sancho , " says the renowned knight of La Mancha , " that there is no proverb which is not true , be- cause they are all sentences drawn from experience itself , the ...
... truths , expanded from some forgotten adage ! " I am of opinion , Sancho , " says the renowned knight of La Mancha , " that there is no proverb which is not true , be- cause they are all sentences drawn from experience itself , the ...
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... truths , without either enslaving us to systems , or perplexing us with abstruse and unprofitable inquiries . With respect to the present volume , as no merit is claim ed in its contents , further than the arrangement of the ma- terials ...
... truths , without either enslaving us to systems , or perplexing us with abstruse and unprofitable inquiries . With respect to the present volume , as no merit is claim ed in its contents , further than the arrangement of the ma- terials ...
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... Truth 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 .
... Truth 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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