The Antiquity of Proverbs: Fifty Familiar Proverbs and Folk Sayings with Annotations and Lists of Connected Forms, Found in All Parts of the WorldG. P. Putnam's Sons, 1922 - 329 страници |
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... A LADY AND I A LADY , WHO WILL PUT THE SOW OUT ? YOU CANNOT MAKE A SILK PURSE OUT OF A Sow's EAR PAGE • 311 · 314 AUTHORS QUOTED 323 INDEX OF BIBLE REFERENCES • 329 AUTHORITIES CONSULTED ABBOTT , G. F. Macedonian Folk - Lore viii Contents.
... A LADY AND I A LADY , WHO WILL PUT THE SOW OUT ? YOU CANNOT MAKE A SILK PURSE OUT OF A Sow's EAR PAGE • 311 · 314 AUTHORS QUOTED 323 INDEX OF BIBLE REFERENCES • 329 AUTHORITIES CONSULTED ABBOTT , G. F. Macedonian Folk - Lore viii Contents.
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... quoted by our elders were mere " ways of speaking , " borrowed from others of their own generation . As we grew older and sought to discover from whence they came we were surprised to learn that many , if not all of them , had been used ...
... quoted by our elders were mere " ways of speaking , " borrowed from others of their own generation . As we grew older and sought to discover from whence they came we were surprised to learn that many , if not all of them , had been used ...
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... quoted in the converse of men is lost in the mists of forgotten centuries . THE ANCESTRY AND INFLUENCE OF PROVERBS Though many of our common sayings seem crude and even coarse to modern ears , they have an honored ancestry and have been ...
... quoted in the converse of men is lost in the mists of forgotten centuries . THE ANCESTRY AND INFLUENCE OF PROVERBS Though many of our common sayings seem crude and even coarse to modern ears , they have an honored ancestry and have been ...
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... quoted them freely in their conferences and counsels . They have enriched the tales of travelers , strengthened the convictions of moral- ists , been received as warnings by the wayward , furnished rules of conduct for tradesmen , con ...
... quoted them freely in their conferences and counsels . They have enriched the tales of travelers , strengthened the convictions of moral- ists , been received as warnings by the wayward , furnished rules of conduct for tradesmen , con ...
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... quoted a proverb when they said " As the man is so is his strength " ( Judges 8:21 ) . The axiom- " A living dog is better than a dead lion - found in Ecclesiastes 9 : 4 is still in com- mon use not only in England and America but in ...
... quoted a proverb when they said " As the man is so is his strength " ( Judges 8:21 ) . The axiom- " A living dog is better than a dead lion - found in Ecclesiastes 9 : 4 is still in com- mon use not only in England and America but in ...
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according ages ALLIED PROVERBS appear Arabian bear become better bird blind called carry century child Chinese comes common crook crow Danish daughter doctor Dutch enemy English evil expression fall father fear feet fire fish follows fool French friendship Gaelic Garhwal German give given goes gold golden hand head heart Hebrew Hindustani hold honest horse Italian JOHN keep King known late Latin live London look Marathi mind Modern Greek mother mouth natural never once origin Osmanli peacock Persian phrase physician Portuguese quoted referred saying Scotch sell Spanish speak stone story swallow tail Tamil tell Telugu things thinks thou thought throw tongue true turn VARIANT PROVERBS wall whistle wise worth young