Proverbs and Their Lessons, Being the Substance of Lectures Delivered to Young Men's SocietiesMacmillan and Company, 1879 - 195 strán (strany) |
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adduce affirm Alliteration application Arabic proverb ARCHBISHOP OF DUBLIN Aristotle belong better birth blessing carcase cerning Christian claim collection Compare contain conviction Deus devil Dios doubt Edition embodied English Euripides evil excellent existence express Extremes meet fact faith French German proverb give God's Greek proverb heart Heidelberg tun honour Ibycus Italian proverb Jeremy Taylor kingdom language Latin proverb lecture leonine verse lesson lips literature lives man's maxims medieval medieval Latin men's ments modern moral mouth multum nations never oftentimes once ourselves pass Persian poetry popular possess present quæ quam quod quote rhyme rich Roman selfish sense shame sight Spain Spanish proverb speak spirit sunt Talmud thee things thou thyself tion true truth utterances verbs verloren via lucis villano voice vult vuol warning wisdom wise witty words καὶ
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