Proverbs, Chiefly Taken from the Adagia of Erasmus, with Explanations; and Further Illustrated by Corresponding Examples from the Spanish, Italian, French & English Languages, Volume 1T. Egerton, 1814 - Proverbs |
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... applied , and often containing some moral precept , or rule , for our conduct in life . Loose as this defini- tion may appear to be , it is not sufficiently so to embrace every form of speech that has been admitted by Erasmus , and our ...
... applied , and often containing some moral precept , or rule , for our conduct in life . Loose as this defini- tion may appear to be , it is not sufficiently so to embrace every form of speech that has been admitted by Erasmus , and our ...
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... applied to persons , who do not see the advan- tage of any measure or precaution until it is too late to adopt it , and is similar to , " when the steed is stolen , we shut the stable door , " and to the following of the Italians , and ...
... applied to persons , who do not see the advan- tage of any measure or precaution until it is too late to adopt it , and is similar to , " when the steed is stolen , we shut the stable door , " and to the following of the Italians , and ...
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... applied where two persons bespatter each other with fulsome and un- deserved compliments . " Scratch my breech , and I will claw your elbow . " Ne sus Minervam . Persons pretending to instruct those who are qualified to be their masters ...
... applied where two persons bespatter each other with fulsome and un- deserved compliments . " Scratch my breech , and I will claw your elbow . " Ne sus Minervam . Persons pretending to instruct those who are qualified to be their masters ...
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... applying the first part to my own main- tenance , with the second I support my parents who nourished me , when I was incapable of supporting myself , and so pay my debt of gratitude ; with the third I maintain my children , who may at ...
... applying the first part to my own main- tenance , with the second I support my parents who nourished me , when I was incapable of supporting myself , and so pay my debt of gratitude ; with the third I maintain my children , who may at ...
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... applied to any one who has overcome some difficulty , with which he had been oppressed , and from which there seemed little chance of his being able to escape . Toto Toto Cælo errare . " To shoot beyond the mark ( 24 )
... applied to any one who has overcome some difficulty , with which he had been oppressed , and from which there seemed little chance of his being able to escape . Toto Toto Cælo errare . " To shoot beyond the mark ( 24 )
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PROVERBS CHIEFLY TAKEN FROM TH R. (Robert) 1730-1816 Bland,Desiderius D. 1536 Erasmus No preview available - 2016 |
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Page 281 - Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive. Yea, better is he than both they, which hath not yet been, who hath not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.
Page 191 - Is not a patron, my lord, one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the water, and, when he has reached ground, encumbers him with help?
Page 275 - Of every hearer; for it so falls out That what we have we prize not to the worth Whiles we enjoy it, but being lack'd and lost, Why, then we rack the value, then we find The virtue that possession would not show us Whiles it was ours.
Page 191 - The notice which you have been pleased to take of my labours, had it been early had been kind ; but it has been delayed till I am indifferent, and cannot enjoy it ; till I am solitary. and cannot impart it; till I am known, and do not want it.
Page 41 - But where to find that happiest spot below Who can direct, when all pretend to know ? The shuddering tenant of the frigid zone Boldly proclaims that happiest spot his own ; Extols the treasures of his stormy seas, And his long nights of revelry and ease...
Page 279 - It is a pleasure to stand upon the shore and to see ships tossed upon the sea; a pleasure to stand in the window of a castle and to see a battle and the adventures thereof below; but no pleasure is comparable to the standing upon the vantage ground of truth (a hill not to be commanded, and where the air is always clear and serene), and to see the errors and wanderings and mists and tempests in the vale below...
Page 71 - STILL to be neat, still to be drest, As you were going to a feast; Still to be powdered, still perfumed; Lady, it is to be presumed, Though art's hid causes are not found, All is not sweet, all is not sound.
Page 279 - ... (a hill not to be commanded, and where the air is always clear and serene), and to see the errors and wanderings and mists and tempests in the vale below; so always that this prospect be with pity, and not with swelling or pride.
Page 144 - It happened at Athens, during a public representation of some play exhibited in honour of the commonwealth, that an old gentleman came too late for a place suitable to his age and quality. Many of the young gentlemen who observed the difficulty and confusion he was in, made signs to him that they would accommodate him if he came where they sat.
Page 35 - Curse not the king, no not in thy thought; and curse not the rich in thy bedchamber: for a bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that which hath wings shall tell the matter.