Proverbs, Chiefly Taken from the Adagia of Erasmus, with Explanations; and Further Illustrated by Corresponding Examples from the Spanish, Italian, French & English Languages, Volume 1T. Egerton, 1814 |
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Halaman 8
... and take some more convenient opportunity for reproof . When no longer under the influence of passion , he may hear and be benefited by your remon- strances . A Fabis A Fabis abstineto . Abstain from beans , was an ( 8 )
... and take some more convenient opportunity for reproof . When no longer under the influence of passion , he may hear and be benefited by your remon- strances . A Fabis A Fabis abstineto . Abstain from beans , was an ( 8 )
Halaman 14
... hear in our houses . " Percontatorem fugito , nam garrulus idem est . " The swallow only comes , it is said , for his own purpose , and having produced and brought up its young , leaves us , without making any beneficial re- turn for ...
... hear in our houses . " Percontatorem fugito , nam garrulus idem est . " The swallow only comes , it is said , for his own purpose , and having produced and brought up its young , leaves us , without making any beneficial re- turn for ...
Halaman 29
... hear ing the croaking of a raven , at the moment they were setting out on a journey , whether of business , or of pleasure . The following lines from Walker's Epictetus are introduced , to shew that though the vulgar , in the early ages ...
... hear ing the croaking of a raven , at the moment they were setting out on a journey , whether of business , or of pleasure . The following lines from Walker's Epictetus are introduced , to shew that though the vulgar , in the early ages ...
Halaman 65
... hear than to speak ; or , as the English proverb has it , " who have wide ears and short tongues . " " He that hears much , and speaks not at all , Shall be welcome in parlour , in kitchen and hall . " " Oi , voye , et te taise , Si tu ...
... hear than to speak ; or , as the English proverb has it , " who have wide ears and short tongues . " " He that hears much , and speaks not at all , Shall be welcome in parlour , in kitchen and hall . " " Oi , voye , et te taise , Si tu ...
Halaman 74
... hear him , when explaining to them in their own language , doctrines , which they were materially interested to know and un- derstand . Talpá cacior . Blinder than a mole . The ancients thought moles had no eyes , but they have two ...
... hear him , when explaining to them in their own language , doctrines , which they were materially interested to know and un- derstand . Talpá cacior . Blinder than a mole . The ancients thought moles had no eyes , but they have two ...
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acquired adage ADAGIA Æsop Amyclas ancients Antisthenes apothegm applied to persons attempting Augustus Cæsar bear become better bird Cæsar censure Cicero cure danger death Demosthenes disgrace dispositions doth ears endeavour Epictetus Erasmus escape esteemed evil expected eyes fall fame favour fear follies fool fortune French frequently friends give hand hath hear Hence honour horse intimate Jupiter Juvenal king la boca labour live Lord Verulam mala malè manner Marc Anthony master means ment mind misery misfortune neighbours never nihil observed obtained occasion opinion ourselves perhaps Philip of Macedon phrase physician Plautus pleasure Plutarch poet possess proverb punishment quæ quam quid quod racter rich Romans sense servants shew Spaniards say speak story suffer Syloson tain taken tell thee thing thou thought tion told tongue vice wise young
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Halaman 281 - Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive. Yea, better is he than both they, which hath not yet been, who hath not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.
Halaman 191 - 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?
Halaman 275 - Of every hearer; for it so falls out That what we have we prize not to the worth Whiles we enjoy it, but being lack'd and lost, Why, then we rack the value, then we find The virtue that possession would not show us Whiles it was ours.
Halaman 191 - 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.
Halaman 41 - 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...
Halaman 279 - It is a pleasure to stand upon the shore and to see ships tossed upon the sea; a pleasure to stand in the window of a castle and to see a battle and the adventures thereof below; but no pleasure is comparable to the standing upon the vantage ground of truth (a hill not to be commanded, and where the air is always clear and serene), and to see the errors and wanderings and mists and tempests in the vale below...
Halaman 71 - STILL to be neat, still to be drest, As you were going to a feast; Still to be powdered, still perfumed; Lady, it is to be presumed, Though art's hid causes are not found, All is not sweet, all is not sound.
Halaman 279 - ... (a hill not to be commanded, and where the air is always clear and serene), and to see the errors and wanderings and mists and tempests in the vale below; so always that this prospect be with pity, and not with swelling or pride.
Halaman 144 - It happened at Athens, during a public representation of some play exhibited in honour of the commonwealth, that an old gentleman came too late for a place suitable to his age and quality. Many of the young gentlemen who observed the difficulty and confusion he was in, made signs to him that they would accommodate him if he came where they sat.
Halaman 35 - 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.