Proverbs of All NationsW. Kent & Company, 1861 - 238 páginas |
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... Italian This is an Englishwoman's proverb . sisterhood complain that " In men every mortal sin is venial ; in women every venial sin is mortal . " 1 These are almost the only proverbs relating to women in which justice is done to them ...
... Italian This is an Englishwoman's proverb . sisterhood complain that " In men every mortal sin is venial ; in women every venial sin is mortal . " 1 These are almost the only proverbs relating to women in which justice is done to them ...
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... Italian proverb is true , " Women are wise off hand , and fools on reflection . " 2 They have less logical minds than men , but surpass them in quickness of intuition , having , says Dean Trench , " what Mon- taigne ascribes to them in ...
... Italian proverb is true , " Women are wise off hand , and fools on reflection . " 2 They have less logical minds than men , but surpass them in quickness of intuition , having , says Dean Trench , " what Mon- taigne ascribes to them in ...
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... Italians . Foxes are all tail , and women are all tongue ; at least , it is so in Auvergne.2 " All women are good ... ( Italian ) .5 " The man's a fool who thinks by force or skill To stem the torrent of a woman's will ; For if she will ...
... Italians . Foxes are all tail , and women are all tongue ; at least , it is so in Auvergne.2 " All women are good ... ( Italian ) .5 " The man's a fool who thinks by force or skill To stem the torrent of a woman's will ; For if she will ...
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... ( Italian ) .1 What wonder , then , if " A bag of fleas is easier to keep guard over than a woman ? " ( German . ) The wilfulness of woman is pleasantly hinted at in the Scotch proverb , " Gie her her will , or she ' ll burst , ' quoth ...
... ( Italian ) .1 What wonder , then , if " A bag of fleas is easier to keep guard over than a woman ? " ( German . ) The wilfulness of woman is pleasantly hinted at in the Scotch proverb , " Gie her her will , or she ' ll burst , ' quoth ...
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... ( Italian ) . " Beauty is but skin deep . 66 The saying itself is no deeper . It is physically un- true , for beauty is not an accident of surface , but a natural result and attribute of a fine organisation . A man may sneer , like Ralph ...
... ( Italian ) . " Beauty is but skin deep . 66 The saying itself is no deeper . It is physically un- true , for beauty is not an accident of surface , but a natural result and attribute of a fine organisation . A man may sneer , like Ralph ...
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Pasajes populares
Página 66 - tis the soul of peace : Of all the virtues, 'tis nearest kin to heaven ; It makes men look like gods. The best of men That e'er wore earth about him, was a sufferer; A soft, meek, patient, humble, tranquil spirit : The first true gentleman, that ever breathed.
Página 60 - This is the excellent foppery of the world, that when we are sick in fortune — often the surfeit of our own behaviour — we make guilty of our disasters the sun, the moon and the stars...
Página 95 - I then came home, and went whistling all over the house, much pleased with my whistle, but disturbing all the family. My brothers, and sisters, and cousins, understanding the bargain...
Página 75 - Take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of themselves is as true of personal habits as of money.
Página 60 - ... we make guilty of our disasters the sun, the moon, and the stars: as if we were villains by necessity; fools by heavenly compulsion; knaves, thieves, and treachers, by spherical predominance; drunkards, liars, and adulterers, by an enforced obedience of planetary influence; and all that we are evil in, by a divine thrusting on: an admirable evasion of whoremaster man, to lay his goatish disposition to the charge of a star!
Página 183 - A swarm of bees in May is worth a load of hay. A swarm of bees in June is worth a silver spoon. A swarm of bees in July is not worth a fly.
Página 117 - said he ; " you that have lived sae lang in Zetland, to risk the saving of a drowning man ? Wot ye not, if you bring him to life again, he will be sure to do you some capital injury ? * — Come, Master Mordaunt, bear a hand to what's mair to the purpose.
Página 190 - Well then, quoth Master More, how say you in this matter ? What think ye to be the cause of these shelves and flats that stop up Sandwich haven ? Forsooth, Sir, quoth he, I am an old man ; I think that Tenterton steeple is the cause of Goodwin sands. For I am an old man, Sir...
Página 16 - Marriage is a desperate thing. The Frogs in JEsop were extreme wise ; they had a great mind to some Water, but they would not leap into the Well, because they could not get out again.