Select Proverbs of All Nations: Illustrated with Notes and Comments, to which is Added, a Summary of Ancient Pastimes, Holidays and Customs. With an Analysis of the Wisdom of the Ancients, and of the Fathers of the Church, the Whole Arranged on a New PlanJohn Wade P. Covert, 1825 - 216 pàgines |
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Pàgina 24
... " A house ready made , and a wife to make . " The times have altered if one may judge from the present rage building in the vicinity of London , and in the country , Buy at a market but sell at home . - 24 SELECT PROVERBS.
... " A house ready made , and a wife to make . " The times have altered if one may judge from the present rage building in the vicinity of London , and in the country , Buy at a market but sell at home . - 24 SELECT PROVERBS.
Pàgina 114
... London is over the moorland in Staffordshire . It is a spark of provincial pride , to induce the gentry to intermarry among themselves , to prolong their own fami lies , and perpetuate ancient friendships . Better go away longing than ...
... London is over the moorland in Staffordshire . It is a spark of provincial pride , to induce the gentry to intermarry among themselves , to prolong their own fami lies , and perpetuate ancient friendships . Better go away longing than ...
Pàgina 115
... London is over the moorland in Staffordshire . It is a spark of provincial pride , to induce the gentry to intermarry among themselves , to prolong their own fami lies , and perpetuate ancient friendships . Better go away longing than ...
... London is over the moorland in Staffordshire . It is a spark of provincial pride , to induce the gentry to intermarry among themselves , to prolong their own fami lies , and perpetuate ancient friendships . Better go away longing than ...
Pàgina 132
... London . A very ancient nick - name for a citizen of London . Ray says an interpretation of it is , a young person coaxed.
... London . A very ancient nick - name for a citizen of London . Ray says an interpretation of it is , a young person coaxed.
Pàgina 133
... London have ever since been called cock - neighs , or cockneys . Arch - deacon Nares , in his " Glossary , " derives the term from cookery . Le pais de cocagne , in French , means a coun- try of good cheer in old French , coquaine ...
... London have ever since been called cock - neighs , or cockneys . Arch - deacon Nares , in his " Glossary , " derives the term from cookery . Le pais de cocagne , in French , means a coun- try of good cheer in old French , coquaine ...
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Select Proverbs of All Nations: Illustrated with Notes and Comments, to ... John Wade Visualització completa - 1825 |
Select Proverbs of All Nations: Illustrated with Notes and Comments. To ... John Wade Visualització completa - 1824 |
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