A Dictionary of Spanish ProverbsG. and W.B. Whittaker, 1823 - 391 Seiten |
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... año.- " April and May , the key of the whole year . " - From their appearance you may form an opinion of the remainder of the year . Majus et Aprilis spes maxima totius anni . - " " A buelta del sol , caga el buey en el timon ...
... año.- " April and May , the key of the whole year . " - From their appearance you may form an opinion of the remainder of the year . Majus et Aprilis spes maxima totius anni . - " " A buelta del sol , caga el buey en el timon ...
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... año.- " Brush your cloth and you will look smooth all the year . " - Advice to persons to observe economy . Qui casum stillae non sarcit , sarciet ædes . A do ira el buey , que no are ? " To what place can the ox go , where he must not ...
... año.- " Brush your cloth and you will look smooth all the year . " - Advice to persons to observe economy . Qui casum stillae non sarcit , sarciet ædes . A do ira el buey , que no are ? " To what place can the ox go , where he must not ...
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... año , unos con ganancia , otros con daño- " The har- vest and vintage come not every day , and al- though yearly , some yield gain and others loss . " To shew the necessity of being provi- dent , by providing for a bad year ...
... año , unos con ganancia , otros con daño- " The har- vest and vintage come not every day , and al- though yearly , some yield gain and others loss . " To shew the necessity of being provi- dent , by providing for a bad year ...
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... año , tiene el mozo las mañas de su amo.- " At the expiration of a year , the man has the habits of his master . " - Either he knows how to please him , or he has acquired his ill qualities . Post annum famulus mores perdiscet heriles ...
... año , tiene el mozo las mañas de su amo.- " At the expiration of a year , the man has the habits of his master . " - Either he knows how to please him , or he has acquired his ill qualities . Post annum famulus mores perdiscet heriles ...
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... año , pan y el palo.- " Give a new servant bread and eggs ; but , after a year , bread and a cudgel . " A mucho hablar , mucho errar.- " Much talking occasions much erring . " " Much tongue and much judgment seldom go together ; for ...
... año , pan y el palo.- " Give a new servant bread and eggs ; but , after a year , bread and a cudgel . " A mucho hablar , mucho errar.- " Much talking occasions much erring . " " Much tongue and much judgment seldom go together ; for ...
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affairs agena ageno agua alludes to persons amigo amor anda año applied asno barba better bien boca boda bolsa bread buen buena bueno buey casa ciento comer como corazon cria daugh devil dexa diablo dinero Dios drink Echar el diablo el lobo expence fond fortune friends gallina gato give guarda hacen hija hijo hombre honor intimates la boca labour live lo que lobo lose madre mala malo mano maravedi married Mas vale mata means metaphorical ex metaphorical expression misfortune mozo muger never one's Oveja padre Palabras paño Parece parida perro piedra pierde pobre poco Poner poor proverb quiere reproof rich ruin Sacar sarten señor SHAK shews Signifying Spain Spaniards speak thing thou tiempo tierra Tomar trae trifling vale viejo viene villano viña vino wine wish woman
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Seite 163 - There is a tide in the affairs of men Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune; Omitted, all the voyage of their life Is bound in shallows and in miseries. On such a full sea are we now afloat; And we must take the current when it serves, Or lose our ventures.
Seite 160 - And he who, now to sense, now nonsense leaning, Means not, but blunders round about a meaning ; And he whose fustian's so sublimely bad, It is not poetry, but prose run mad : All these, my modest satire bade translate, And own'd that nine such poets made a Tate.
Seite 88 - The purest treasure mortal times afford Is spotless reputation ; that away, Men are but gilded loam or painted clay.
Seite 259 - Nil habet infelix paupertas durius in se quam quod ridiculos homines facit. "Exeat...
Seite 174 - And from Shakespeare she gained a great store of information amongst the rest, that -'Trifles light as air, Are, to the jealous, confirmation strong, As proofs of Holy Writ.
Seite 204 - Spanish proverb be true, that a fool knows more in his own house than a wise man in another's.
Seite 304 - O thou invisible spirit of wine ! if thou hast no name to be known by, let us call thee devil.
Seite 68 - HAPPY the man, whose wish and care A few paternal acres bound, Content to breathe his native air, In his own ground. Whose herds with milk, whose fields with bread, Whose flocks supply him with attire ; Whose trees in summer yield him shade, In winter fire.
Seite 45 - What though no friends in sable weeds appear, Grieve for an hour, perhaps, then mourn a year, And bear about the mockery of woe To midnight dances, and the public show?
Seite 92 - Reason's whole pleasure, all the joys of sense, Lie in three words, health, peace, and competence.