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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Page vii
... escaping the sight , if not diligently sought for , and even when found , he goes on to say , they are of themselves of little beauty , or lustre , deriving the principal part of their value from the manner of setting or using them ...
... escaping the sight , if not diligently sought for , and even when found , he goes on to say , they are of themselves of little beauty , or lustre , deriving the principal part of their value from the manner of setting or using them ...
Page xii
... escape , if attacked . No man should engage all his property , or so much as might materially injure him , if it should be lost in one vessel , or on a single project ; " he should take care to have two strings to his bow . " These ...
... escape , if attacked . No man should engage all his property , or so much as might materially injure him , if it should be lost in one vessel , or on a single project ; " he should take care to have two strings to his bow . " These ...
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... escape its fangs ! " Man that is born of a woman is of short con- tinuance , and full of trouble ; all his days are sorrow , and his travels grief , his heart also taketh not rest in the night . " And " you may as soon , " Burton says ...
... escape its fangs ! " Man that is born of a woman is of short con- tinuance , and full of trouble ; all his days are sorrow , and his travels grief , his heart also taketh not rest in the night . " And " you may as soon , " Burton says ...
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... escaping , may be said by any one who has so involved and entangled himself in a business , that he must be a loser , whether he goes on or retreats . Res in Cardine est . The business is on the hinge : it is in that state that it must ...
... escaping , may be said by any one who has so involved and entangled himself in a business , that he must be a loser , whether he goes on or retreats . Res in Cardine est . The business is on the hinge : it is in that state that it must ...
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... escaped the threatened danger and is arrived safely in port . The adage is 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 ...
... escaped the threatened danger and is arrived safely in port . The adage is 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 ...
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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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adage admonished affection amigo ancients Antipater of Sidon Antisthenes apothegm applied to persons Augustus Cæsar become better bien bird buen carry censure Cicero conduct crow custom danger dead Demosthenes Dimidium dispositions doth drink ears el cuervo endeavour Epictetus Erasmus escape esteemed etiam evil expected favourable fool fortune French frequently friends friendship give hand hath Hence honour invidet Italians king labour late live Lord Verulam Lord Verulam says Macbeth mala malè malis manner master means ment mind neighbour nihil observed Oh coward opinion ourselves passion perhaps Phocion phrase Plutarch proverb punish quæ quam quod rich Romans Satire of Juvenal sense servant shew simile soul Spaniards say speak story Stultus suffer supposed Syloson tain Taurum tell thee thence thing thou thought tion told tongue vice virtue Vitulum wine wise young