A Compleat Collection of English Proverbs: Also the Most Celebrated Proverbs of the Scotch, Italian, French, Spanish, and Other Languages. The Whole Methodically Digested and Illustrated with Annotations, and Proper ExplanationsW. Otridge, S. Bladon, 1768 - 150 strán (strany) |
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Strana 11
... king . It were more proper to fay , a Beetle in a cow - turd , An hungry man an angry man . Hufbands are in heaven whofe wives chide not . IDL I. DLENESS turns the edge of wit . Idleness is the key of beggery . Jeft not with the eye nor ...
... king . It were more proper to fay , a Beetle in a cow - turd , An hungry man an angry man . Hufbands are in heaven whofe wives chide not . IDL I. DLENESS turns the edge of wit . Idleness is the key of beggery . Jeft not with the eye nor ...
Strana 11
... king . It were more proper to fay , a Beetle in a cow - turd , An hungry man an angry man . Hufbands are in heaven whofe wives chide not . I. DLENESS turns the edge of wit . Idleness is the key of beggery . IDL Jeft not with the eye nor ...
... king . It were more proper to fay , a Beetle in a cow - turd , An hungry man an angry man . Hufbands are in heaven whofe wives chide not . I. DLENESS turns the edge of wit . Idleness is the key of beggery . IDL Jeft not with the eye nor ...
Strana 12
... King's goofe fhall be choked with H the feathers . L. E that labours and thrives fpins gold . The lame goeth as far as the staggerer . The laft fuiter wins the maid . In a thousand pound of law there's not an ounce of love . The Law is ...
... King's goofe fhall be choked with H the feathers . L. E that labours and thrives fpins gold . The lame goeth as far as the staggerer . The laft fuiter wins the maid . In a thousand pound of law there's not an ounce of love . The Law is ...
Strana 25
... King . That is , if it comes off well . For an Ague is nothing else but a ftrong fermentation of the blood . Now as in the fermentation of other liquors , there is for the most part a feparationmade of that which is heterogeneous and ...
... King . That is , if it comes off well . For an Ague is nothing else but a ftrong fermentation of the blood . Now as in the fermentation of other liquors , there is for the most part a feparationmade of that which is heterogeneous and ...
Strana 27
... King this book was dedicated ) rather than the Italians or other Inha- bitants of hot Countries , who in the Summer would have enough to do to keep themselves waking after dinner . The best way for us in colder climates is altogether to ...
... King this book was dedicated ) rather than the Italians or other Inha- bitants of hot Countries , who in the Summer would have enough to do to keep themselves waking after dinner . The best way for us in colder climates is altogether to ...
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Strana 175 - A MAN of words and not of deeds Is like a garden full of weeds...
Strana 152 - Some say whore. £nit my dog a pair of breeches, and my cat a codpiece. He hath tied a knot with his tongue that he cannot untie -with all his teeth.
Strana 25 - If there be a rainbow in the eve, it will rain and leave, But if there be a rainbow in the morrow, it will neither lend nor borrow.
Strana 177 - The devil was sick, the devil a monk would be ; The devil was well, the devil a monk was he.
Strana 59 - The hearth, or bottom of the furnace, is made of sand stone, and the sides round, to the height of a yard, or thereabout; the rest of the furnace is lined up to the top with brick. When they begin upon a new furnace they put fire for a day or two before they begin to blow.
Strana 60 - ... till they bring it to a bloom, which is a foursquare mass of about two feet long. This operation they call shingling the loop.
Strana 177 - To travel safely through the world, a man must have a falcon's eye, an ass's ears, an ape's face, a merchant's words, a camel's back, a hog's mouth, and a hart's legs.
Strana 65 - Underneath is fastened' to the barrel a spoke of wood, which they call a swingle, which is drawn back a good way by the calms or cogs in the axis of the wheel, and draws back the barrel, which falls to again by its own weight.
Strana 8 - When we have gold we are in fear, when we have none we are in danger.
Strana 115 - Many talk of Robin Hood that never shot in his bow, And many talk of Little John that never did him know.