Scottish Proverbs: Collected and ArrangedWilliam Tegg & Company, 1876 - 202 Seiten |
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Seite 14 - Ne'er let the nose blush for the sins o' the mouth. Our fathers, who were wondrous wise, — Did wash their throats before they washed their eyes. Tak a hair o' the dog that bit you yestreen. [One suffering from the effect of the previous night's drinking is recommended to take a little more to cure him.'] The accommodation bill trade, — Connected wi' the gill trade, — Aye turns out an ill trade. — W. Reid. The maut's aboon the meal. [There's more drink than food.] The smith has aye a spark...
Seite 155 - If the twenty-fourth of August be fair and clear, Then hope for a prosperous autumn that year.
Seite 25 - Hast thou a friend, as heart may wish, at will? Then use him so, to have his friendship still. Wouldst have a friend ? Wouldst know what friend is best? Have God thy friend, who passeth all the rest.
Seite 17 - When I did weel I heard it never, When I did ill I heard it ever. [" A reflection of servants upon hard and passionate masters, who are liberal in their reproofs but sparing in their commendations.
Seite 8 - s no lang o' doing. He courts for cake and pudding. He that woos a maiden maun come seldom in her sight ; — He that woos a widow maun ply her day and night.
Seite xxi - English surpassed their neighbours in the arts of assaulting and defending fortified places. The policy of the Scottish, therefore, deterred them from erecting upon the Borders buildings of such extent and strength as, being once taken by the foe, would have been capable of receiving a permanent garrison. To themselves the woods and hills of their country were pointed out by the great Bruce as their safest bulwarks; and the maxim of the Douglases, that "it was better to hear the lark sing than the...
Seite 162 - The West, as a father, all goodness doth bring, The East, a forbearer no manner of thing : The South, as unkind, draweth sickness too near. The North, as a friend, maketh all again clear. With temperate wind, we be blessed of God, With tempest we find, we are beat with his rod : All power, we know, to remain in his hand, How ever wind blow, by sea or by land.
Seite 2 - s ne'er at ease that 's angry. He should be seindle angry that has few to mease him. He that's angry opens his mouth and steeks his een. [The angry man speaks unadvisedly, without investigating the matter.] He that will be angry for ony thing, will be angry for naething. Rage is without reason. Twa things ne'er be angry wi', — what ye can help, and what ye canna help. AVARICE. Avarice generally miscalculates, and as generally deceives. He wad fley a louse for its skin. He wad gang a mile to flit...
Seite 160 - A falcon's eye, An ass's ears, An ape's face, A merchant's words, A camel's back, A hog's mouth, And a hart's legs.
Seite 77 - He that lets his horse drink at every lake, and his wife go to every wake, shall never be without a whore and a jade.