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... matter the more one realises what a cosmopolitan thing a proverb is . Gratifying as it would be to patriotic feeling to gather together all the best pro- verbs in circulation in England and claim them as the product of English wit and ...
... matter the more one realises what a cosmopolitan thing a proverb is . Gratifying as it would be to patriotic feeling to gather together all the best pro- verbs in circulation in England and claim them as the product of English wit and ...
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... matter . Being " old , " the popular utterance has the stamp and dignity of antiquity : it is no new- fangled thing that may or may not find a lasting resting - place in the minds and consciences of men ; while , being " sayed , ” it is ...
... matter . Being " old , " the popular utterance has the stamp and dignity of antiquity : it is no new- fangled thing that may or may not find a lasting resting - place in the minds and consciences of men ; while , being " sayed , ” it is ...
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... matter , will turn their thoughts inwards , or consult any of their friends , they will probably find that half a sheet of note - paper will very comfortably suffice to put down their stores , and if a hundred people did this their ...
... matter , will turn their thoughts inwards , or consult any of their friends , they will probably find that half a sheet of note - paper will very comfortably suffice to put down their stores , and if a hundred people did this their ...
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... matter is blameworthy shall be duly held up to execration , or it may with the utmost kindli- ness desire that the " willing horse , " human or equine , shall not be imposed on , and that those shall bear the burden that are most fit to ...
... matter is blameworthy shall be duly held up to execration , or it may with the utmost kindli- ness desire that the " willing horse , " human or equine , shall not be imposed on , and that those shall bear the burden that are most fit to ...
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... matters they are very conservative , and do not readily forsake the old paths . Rustic humour , rustic customs , rustic remedies , all conform to this well - nigh immutable law . Years ago , when we lived in a little Wiltshire village ...
... matters they are very conservative , and do not readily forsake the old paths . Rustic humour , rustic customs , rustic remedies , all conform to this well - nigh immutable law . Years ago , when we lived in a little Wiltshire village ...
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Page 128 - There was a little city, and few men within it; and there came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it: 15 Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man.
Page 269 - Is not a patron, my lord, one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the water, and, when he has reached ground, encumbers him with help?
Page 269 - The notice which you have been pleased to take of my labours, had it been early had been kind ; but it has been delayed till I am indifferent, and cannot enjoy it ; till I am solitary. and cannot impart it; till I am known, and do not want it.
Page 185 - Curse not the king, no not in thy thought; and curse not the rich in thy bedchamber: for a bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that which hath wings shall tell the matter.
Page 248 - What hell it is, in suing long to bide: To lose good days, that might be better spent; To waste long nights in pensive discontent; To speed today, to be put back tomorrow; To feed on hope, to pine with fear and sorrow; To have thy prince's grace, yet want her peers...
Page 245 - But where to find that happiest spot below Who can direct, when all pretend to know ? The shuddering tenant of the frigid zone Boldly proclaims that happiest spot his own ; Extols the treasures of his stormy seas, And his long nights of revelry and ease : The naked Negro, panting at the line, Boasts of his golden sands and palmy wine, Basks in the glare, or stems the tepid wave, And thanks his gods for all the good they gave. Such is the patriot's boast, where'er we roam, His first, best country,...
Page 248 - Hope springs eternal in the human breast: Man never is, but always to be blest.
Page 229 - And what is friendship but a name, A charm that lulls to sleep ; A shade that follows wealth or fame, But leaves the wretch to weep...
Page 165 - Among others came in before him an old man with a white head, and one that was thought to be little less than a hundred years old.
Page 205 - If thou hast understanding, answer thy neighbour; if not, lay thy hand upon thy mouth. Honour and shame is in talk: and the tongue of man is his fall. Be not...