A Hand-book of Proverbs: Comprising an Entire Republication of Ray's Collection of English Proverbs, with His Additions from Foreign Languages, and a Complete Alphabetical IndexG. Bell and sons, 1899 - 583 pages |
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... man . He that is angry is seldom at ease . Ital . Port . For what thou canst do thyself rely not on another . The wholesomest meat is at another man's cost . No one knows the weight of another's burden , When you are an anvil , hold you ...
... man . He that is angry is seldom at ease . Ital . Port . For what thou canst do thyself rely not on another . The wholesomest meat is at another man's cost . No one knows the weight of another's burden , When you are an anvil , hold you ...
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... man's wife paint herself ? La mugér del ciego , pàra quién se aféyta ? He is blind enough , who sees not through the ... man is a pilot . A good candle - holder proves a good gamester . If thou hast not a capon , feed on an onion . Fr ...
... man's wife paint herself ? La mugér del ciego , pàra quién se aféyta ? He is blind enough , who sees not through the ... man is a pilot . A good candle - holder proves a good gamester . If thou hast not a capon , feed on an onion . Fr ...
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... man's purse . Ital . H. Span . THE wise hand doth not all the foolish tongue speaketh . La mano cuerda no haze ... mans herself . When the head aches all the body is the worse . infestat labor omnia membra molestat . One is not so soon ...
... man's purse . Ital . H. Span . THE wise hand doth not all the foolish tongue speaketh . La mano cuerda no haze ... mans herself . When the head aches all the body is the worse . infestat labor omnia membra molestat . One is not so soon ...
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... man's staff is the rapper at death's door . Span . An old knave is no babe . Where old age is evil , youth can learn no good . When an old man will not drink , go to see him in another world . Ital . He who hath but one hog , makes him ...
... man's staff is the rapper at death's door . Span . An old knave is no babe . Where old age is evil , youth can learn no good . When an old man will not drink , go to see him in another world . Ital . He who hath but one hog , makes him ...
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... man is forced to give than his own . The smoke of a man's own house is better than the fire of another's . Span . Where shall the ox go but he must labour ? Take heed of an ox before , an ass behind , and a monk on all sides . Span . P ...
... man is forced to give than his own . The smoke of a man's own house is better than the fire of another's . Span . Where shall the ox go but he must labour ? Take heed of an ox before , an ass behind , and a monk on all sides . Span . P ...
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