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Page 117
... what an extent sympathy may be carried ! It is used ironi- cally , when one pretends to much feeling for others . Dueña que mucho mira poco hila.- " A duenna who gazes much sews little . " E. Echar à uno badal à la boca.— " To DO 117 DU.
... what an extent sympathy may be carried ! It is used ironi- cally , when one pretends to much feeling for others . Dueña que mucho mira poco hila.- " A duenna who gazes much sews little . " E. Echar à uno badal à la boca.— " To DO 117 DU.
Page 118
E. Echar à uno badal à la boca.— " To put the muzzle upon one's mouth . " - To reprimand a man sharply . * Echar à uno las cabras . " To lay the goats at one's door . " - A metaphorical expression , " To lay all the blame or burthen ...
E. Echar à uno badal à la boca.— " To put the muzzle upon one's mouth . " - To reprimand a man sharply . * Echar à uno las cabras . " To lay the goats at one's door . " - A metaphorical expression , " To lay all the blame or burthen ...
Page 119
4 Echar la capa al toro . " To throw one's cloak at the bull . " - A metaphorical expression , To venture every thing to save one's life . - It is used from the practice of the bull fighters in Spain , who , when they are pursued by the ...
4 Echar la capa al toro . " To throw one's cloak at the bull . " - A metaphorical expression , To venture every thing to save one's life . - It is used from the practice of the bull fighters in Spain , who , when they are pursued by the ...
Page 145
... echar redes . " It is in vain to cast nets into a river where there are no fish . " 66 Enero y Febrero comen mas que Madrid y Toledo . January and February eat more than Madrid and Toledo . ” — Alluding to the herdsmen and others who ...
... echar redes . " It is in vain to cast nets into a river where there are no fish . " 66 Enero y Febrero comen mas que Madrid y Toledo . January and February eat more than Madrid and Toledo . ” — Alluding to the herdsmen and others who ...
Page 155
... echar en la mia.- " Phlebotomy , to take money from your purse and to put it into mine . " - The Spaniards have a great dislike to bleeding , on which account they use this proverb , considering the best bleeding is that of another's ...
... echar en la mia.- " Phlebotomy , to take money from your purse and to put it into mine . " - The Spaniards have a great dislike to bleeding , on which account they use this proverb , considering the best bleeding is that of another's ...
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affairs agena agua alludes to persons amigo amor anda año applied asno barba better bien boca boda bolsa bread buen buena bueno buey casa ciento comer como corazon cria daugh devil diablo dinero Dios drink Echar el diablo el lobo expence fond fortune friends gallina gato give guarda hija hijo hombre honor intimates la boca labour live lleva lo que lobo lose madre mala malo mano maravedi married Mas vale mata means metaphorical ex metaphorical expression misfortune mozo muger never one's Oveja padre Palabras paño Parece parida perro piedra pierde pobre poco Poner poor proverb quiere racter reproof rich ruin Sacar sarten señor SHAK shews signifies Spain Spaniards speak thing thou tiempo tierra Tomar trae tres trifling vale viejo viene villano viña vino wine wish woman
Popular passages
Page 206 - Spanish proverb be true, that a fool knows more in his own house than a wise man in another's.
Page 246 - Thy gowns, thy shoes, thy beds of roses, Thy cap, thy kirtle, and thy posies, Soon break, soon wither, soon forgotten, In folly ripe, in reason rotten.
Page 28 - I'll tell you, friend! a wise man and a fool. You'll find, if once the monarch acts the monk, Or, cobbler-like, the parson will be drunk, Worth makes the man, and want of it, the fellow; The rest is all but leather or prunella.
Page 165 - There is a tide in the affairs of men Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune; Omitted, all the voyage of their life Is bound in shallows and in miseries. On such a full sea are we now afloat; And we must take the current when it serves, Or lose our ventures.
Page 306 - O thou invisible spirit of wine ! if thou hast no name to be known by, let us call thee devil.
Page 68 - HAPPY the man, whose wish and care A few paternal acres bound, Content to breathe his native air, In his own ground. Whose herds with milk, whose fields with bread, Whose flocks supply him with attire ; Whose trees in summer yield him shade, In winter fire.
Page 88 - The purest treasure mortal times afford Is spotless reputation ; that away, Men are but gilded loam or painted clay.
Page 45 - What though no friends in sable weeds appear, Grieve for an hour, perhaps, then mourn a year, And bear about the mockery of woe To midnight dances, and the public show?
Page 92 - Reason's whole pleasure, all the joys of sense, Lie in three words, health, peace, and competence.
Page 83 - The latent tracts, the giddy heights, explore Of all who blindly creep, or sightless soar; Eye Nature's walks, shoot folly as it flies, And catch the manners living as they rise ; Laugh where we must, be candid where we can, But vindicate the ways of God to man.