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BACON.

"Aspera facetiæ, ubi nimis ex vera traxêre, acrem sui memoriam relinquunt." TACITUS.

A la cabeza, la comida la endereza." Eating removes the head ache."-Pains in the head commonly proceeds from a foul or an empty stomach, occasioned by intemperate drinking, or too long abstinence from food, and moderate eating removes them.

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A la dicha que haveis padre, ahorcado hàs de morir. By the good luck you have, father, you must die on the gallows."-Said when a persou is unfortunate in every thing he under

takes.

Al agradecido mas de lo pedido. "To a grateful man give more than he asked."

"A grateful mind "By owing owes not, but still pays."

MILTON..

A la hambre no hay pan malo.-" To the hungry man, no bread is bad."-We say "hunger is good sauce;" or, "hungry dogs will eat dirty puddings."

"Thus much to the kind rural gods we owe, "Who pity'd suffering mortals long ago; "When on harsh acorns hungrily they fed, "And gave 'em nicer palates, better bread." DRYDEN'S Juv.

A la hija mala, dineros, y casarla.-" A vicious daughter must have money and be married." Advice to parents, if they have a daughter who is likely to lose her reputation.

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Al alcayde, y à la donzella, no le diga nadie, “ Si yo quisiera. "Let no one say to a governor of a fort, or to a maid, "If I would,' meaning, if I would I could take your fort,' &c."—A good piece of advice to presumptuous persons. Al aldeano, dale el pie, y tomarte hà la mano."Give a clown your foot, he'll take you by the hand."-That is, if you give some folks an inch they'll take an ell.

Nimia familiaritas licentiam facit.

A la larga el galgo à la liebre mata." In the long run the greyhound kills the hare."-Perseverance overcomes difficulties.

A la luna, el lobo al asno espulga.-" The wolf picks off the fleas of the ass by moonlight." Signifying that he devours him. It alludes to sharpers who prey upon the unwary and inexperienced, by introducing games of chance at unseasonable hours, or under circumstances which give them every advantage over their ad

versaries.

A la mala costumbre, quebrarle la pierna.—" Break the leg of a bad habit."—We must by a persevering violence to ourselves, abandon bad and inveterate habits.

A la mal casada, miradle à la cara.-" Observe the countenance of the woman who has a bad husband."-The face of the wife generally indicates the character of her husband.

Al amigo su vicio." Your friend with his vice." Signifying, you must not forsake your friend because he has some faults.

"Amici vitium ni feras, prodis tuum."

PUB. SY.

Al amor el remedio, es remedy for love is

tierra en medio." The land to separate it."—to signify that absence or distance is the best remedy for it.

A la moza con el mozo, y al mozo con el bozo."The maid with the youth, and the youth with the beard appearing upon the upper lip."Giving to understand, that the marriage of young people should not be long delayed.

A la moza mala, la campana la llama, y à la buena en casa la halla.-" The bell calls an idle servant, but the good one is always at hand." Others say,

A la moza mala, la campana la llama, y là mala mala ni campana ni nada,-" The bell calls an idle wench; but if she be very bad, neither bell nor any thing else will she obey."

A la muerte de mi marido, poca cera, y mucho pavilo." At the death of my husband, plenty of wicks, and little wax."-A saying of a woman who gave directions respecting her husband's funeral. In Catholic countries it is the custom to burn wax lights at deaths and funerals.

A la muerte, no hay cosa fuerte.—“ Nothing is strong against death."

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Mors sola fatetur,
"Quantula sint hominum corpuscula."

JUVENAL.

Death alone confesses the weakness and debility of the body of man.

A la muger barbuda, de lejos la saluda.—“ Salute a woman with a beard at a distance."-Advising persons to avoid women with beards, they being of warm and impetuous dispositions.

A la muger brava, dala la soga larga.-" Give an unruly wife plenty of rope."-We say, "Give a man rope enough, and he'll hang himself;"-signifying, leave him to the full enjoymant of his follies, and their consequences will soon make him repent.

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Femina si insultat tu hamum laxare memento.

A la muger casada, no la dés de la barba." Do not nod at a married woman."-That is, do not make any signs for the purpose of allurement. The Spaniards are very sensitive in this particular, and are ready to resent it; they therefore are the best to give advice upon the occasion.

A la muger casta, dios le basta.-" God is sufficient for a chaste woman."-We say " A virtuous woman is a jewel to her husband."

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A la muger casta, pobreza la hace hacer feéza.Poverty obliges a chaste woman to commit a shameful action."

"Magnum pauperies opprobium jubet
"Quidvis aut facere aut pati."

HOR.

"He whom the dread of want ensnares,

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With baseness acts, with meanness bears." A la muger mala, poco le aprovecha guardarla. "It is to little purpose to watch a vicious woman.". -When a woman is determined upon mischief, her artifices will overcome every difficulty.

"Pone seram cohibe; sed quis custodiet ipsos "Custodes? Cauta est & ab illis incipit uxor." Juv.

A la muger ventanera, tuercela el cuello, si la quieres buena. "Wring the neck of the woman who is fond of shewing herself at the window, if you would make her good for any thing;"that is, reprove and admonish her.

A la muger y à la mula, por el pico la hermosura.

"A woman and a mule must be made handsome by the mouth."-That is, with good keeping. A la muger y à la picaza, lo que vieres en la plaza.-"To a woman and a magpie, what you see in the market place."-Signifying, not to trust a woman with secrets, or any thing of importance, from the danger of their being made public.

A la mula con halàgo, y al cavallo con el palo."A mule must be caressed, and a horse beaten."

A la mula, freno en gula.-" A mule must be bridled by the throat."-That is, kept with a tight rein.

Al Andaluz hazle la cruz, y al Genoes très." Make one sign of the cross to an Andalusian, and three to a Genoese."-A saying of the Castilians who have no good opinion of the Andalusians, and a much worse one of the Genoese. A la noche y con aguacero, no es bueno traer sombrero." On a stormy night you should not wear your hat."-It is a sailor's phrase" sombrero" meaning a "top-sail."

A la par, es negar y tarde dar." It is equal to refuse, and to delay much in giving."

"Pars beneficii est, quod petitur, si cito neges."

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"Lend readily, if lending you propose,

"He doubly gives who gracefully bestows."

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