Proverbs, Chiefly Taken From The Adagia Of Erasmus, With Explanations And Further Illustrated By Corresponding Examples From The Spanish, Italian, French & English LanguagesT. Egerton, 1814 |
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... feel equally happy in an opportunity of thus publicly subscribing myself Your obliged and obedient Servant , Leicester Square , London , ROBERT BLAND . January 1st , 1814 . PREFACE . THE greater part of the Proverbs contained in ΤΟ.
... feel equally happy in an opportunity of thus publicly subscribing myself Your obliged and obedient Servant , Leicester Square , London , ROBERT BLAND . January 1st , 1814 . PREFACE . THE greater part of the Proverbs contained in ΤΟ.
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... servants and de- pendents , both to discover what is done that may be prejudicial to their interest , and to punish the delinquents , whose crimes may by these means have been detected , though seated at the extremities of their ...
... servants and de- pendents , both to discover what is done that may be prejudicial to their interest , and to punish the delinquents , whose crimes may by these means have been detected , though seated at the extremities of their ...
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... servant had the care of the beast . The word " prior " in the adage , is used in the sense of potior , or melior , better . Equalis Equalem delectat , and Simile gaudet simili . " Like to like . ” Hence we see persons of similar ...
... servant had the care of the beast . The word " prior " in the adage , is used in the sense of potior , or melior , better . Equalis Equalem delectat , and Simile gaudet simili . " Like to like . ” Hence we see persons of similar ...
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... , and especially the spectacles on the hood , not doubting but that its venemous fangs had been previously extracted . But the next morning I was informed by my servant , that that while purchasing some fruit , he observed the man ( 93 )
... , and especially the spectacles on the hood , not doubting but that its venemous fangs had been previously extracted . But the next morning I was informed by my servant , that that while purchasing some fruit , he observed the man ( 93 )
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... was the saying of a servant to his master , whom he saw anxiously tending a vine , from which he promised himself an abun- dant produce of excellent liquor , of which , however , however , he was not permitted to partake ; for ( 94 )
... was the saying of a servant to his master , whom he saw anxiously tending a vine , from which he promised himself an abun- dant produce of excellent liquor , of which , however , however , he was not permitted to partake ; for ( 94 )
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PROVERBS CHIEFLY TAKEN FROM TH R. (Robert) 1730-1816 Bland,Desiderius D. 1536 Erasmus No preview available - 2016 |
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