Proverbs, Chiefly Taken from the Adagia of Erasmus, with Explanations; and Further Illustrated by Corresponding Examples from the Spanish, Italian, French & English Languages, 1. ciltT. Egerton, 1814 |
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Sayfa 7
... thou be moved to do evil . " " Por mucho madru- gar , no amanéce mas aina . " The Spaniards say , early rising makes it not day the sooner , or too much anxiety and care will not enable you the sooner to obtain your point ; and the ...
... thou be moved to do evil . " " Por mucho madru- gar , no amanéce mas aina . " The Spaniards say , early rising makes it not day the sooner , or too much anxiety and care will not enable you the sooner to obtain your point ; and the ...
Sayfa 70
... thou me ? It is hard for thee to kick against the pricks . " The adage takes its rise from the custom of goading oxen , to make them go forward , with sticks , having sharp points . If they are restive and push back- wards , they force ...
... thou me ? It is hard for thee to kick against the pricks . " The adage takes its rise from the custom of goading oxen , to make them go forward , with sticks , having sharp points . If they are restive and push back- wards , they force ...
Sayfa 71
... thou mayest have leave to hang thyself ; " And yet , thy wealth being forfeit to the state , Thou hast not left the value of a cord ; Therefore thou must be hanged at the state's charge . " " No le alcaça la sal al agua , " " he is so ...
... thou mayest have leave to hang thyself ; " And yet , thy wealth being forfeit to the state , Thou hast not left the value of a cord ; Therefore thou must be hanged at the state's charge . " " No le alcaça la sal al agua , " " he is so ...
Sayfa 76
... thou dumb god , that giv'st all men tongues ; That canst do naught , and yet mak'st men do all things ; The price of souls ; even hell , with thee to boot , Is made worth heaven . Thou art virtue , fame , Honour , and all things else ...
... thou dumb god , that giv'st all men tongues ; That canst do naught , and yet mak'st men do all things ; The price of souls ; even hell , with thee to boot , Is made worth heaven . Thou art virtue , fame , Honour , and all things else ...
Sayfa 108
... thou be in woe , sorrow , want , pain , or distress , remember that God chastiseth them whom he loveth , and that they that sow in tears shall reap in joy . As the furnace proveth the potter's vessel , so doth trouble and vexation try ...
... thou be in woe , sorrow , want , pain , or distress , remember that God chastiseth them whom he loveth , and that they that sow in tears shall reap in joy . As the furnace proveth the potter's vessel , so doth trouble and vexation try ...
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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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Sayfa 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.
Sayfa 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?
Sayfa 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.
Sayfa 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.
Sayfa 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...
Sayfa 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...
Sayfa 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.
Sayfa 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.
Sayfa 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.
Sayfa 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.