 | Richard Chenevix Trench (abp. of Dublin.) - 1853 - 164 pàgines
...forgive ; here is the godlike proverb on the manner in which wrongs should be recompensed : He who cannot revenge himself is weak, he who will not is vile*...poet's praise of proverbs, " The people's voice the yoice of God we call ; And what are proverbs but the people's voice P Coined first, and current made... | |
 | Francis Lieber - 1853 - 592 pàgines
...Trench in his Lessons on Proverbs, as " of an old poet.'" 6 I do not know whom Mr. Trench means. " The people's voice the voice of God we call ; And what are Proverbs but the people's voice P Coin'd first and current made by public choice ; Then sure they must have weight and truth withal."6... | |
 | Richard Chenevix Trench (abp. of Dublin.) - 1854 - 172 pàgines
...forgive ; here is the godlike proverb on the manner in which wrongs should be recompensed : He who cannot revenge himself is weak, he who will not is vile,* here is the devilish. These lines occur in a sonnet which Howell has prefixed to his collection of proverbs : " The people's... | |
 | Richard Chenevix Trench - 1857 - 176 pàgines
...forgive ; here is the godlike proverb on the manner in which wrongs should be recompensed : He who cannot revenge himself is weak, he who will not is vile,* here is the devilish. These lines occur in a sonnet which Howell has prefixed to his collection of proverbs : " The people's... | |
 | Richard Chenevix Trench (abp. of Dublin.) - 1861 - 176 pàgines
...vile* here is the devilish. These lines occur in a sonnet which Howell has prefixed to his collection of proverbs : " The people's voice the voice of God...call ; And what are proverbs but the people's voice P Coined first, and current made by common choice ? Then sure they must have weight and truth withal... | |
 | James Allan Mair - 1873 - 222 pàgines
...for very fear shook,' and stood silent. This nervous orator was ' followed by a blunt and true * " The people's voice the voice of God we call ; And what are proverbs but the people's voice 1 Coined first, and current made by common choice ? Then sure they must have weight and truth withal."... | |
 | P. Percival - 1874 - 616 pàgines
...ignorant of the laws of God. Vox Populi, vox Dei, may be applied to this aspect of many of the Dravidian proverbs : " The people's voice, the voice of God we call ; And what are Proverhs, but the people's voice ? Coined first and common made, by common choice ; Then sure they... | |
 | 1887 - 1332 pàgines
...literature. The great value as instructors, of inspired and uninspired proverbs has long been recognized. "The people's voice, the voice of God we call, And what are proverbs but the public voice ? Coined first and common made by common choice, Then sure they must have weight and truth... | |
 | Vincent Stuckey Lean - 1903 - 478 pàgines
...can cure thee wholly as good cheap as by halves. — D. Rogers, Naaman, 865. Of Proverbs or Adages. The people's voice the voice of God we call : And what are Proverbs but the people's voice ? Coind first, and current made by common choice ? Then sure they must have weight and truth withall.... | |
 | 1905 - 330 pàgines
...virtue, so repulsive to others, may hang around our neck like a wreath of flowers. — PAXTON HOOD. "The people's voice, the voice of God we call, And what are proverbs but the public voice? Coined first and common made by common choice, Then sure they must have weight and truth... | |
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And what are proverbs but the people's voice ? Coined first, and current made by common choice ? Then sure they must have weight and truth withal... 
