 Push about the jorum." In ancient days, tradition says, When knowledge much was stinted — When few could teach and fewer preach, And books were not yet printed — What wise men thought, by prudence taught, They pithily expounded ; And proverbs sage,...  Songs and Verses: Social and Scientific - עמוד 41מאת Lord Neaves - 1868 - 70 דפיםתצוגה מלאה - מידע על ספר זה
 | 1864 - 820 דפים
...prudence taught, They pithily expounded ; And proverbs sage, from age to age, In every mouth abounded. О blessings on the men of yore, Who wisdom thus augmented,...human use invented. Two of a trade, 'twas early said, De very ill agree, sir ; A beggar hates at rich men's gatea A beggar's face to see, sir. Yet trades... | |
 | Lord Neaves - 1868 - 92 דפים
...A connection most rare Bound the Siamese pair, More completely than Pollux and Castor ; 40 Gaster. So the body and soul Can each other control, And the...are, though rather rare, Where men are not so jealous ; 42 A Song of Proverbs. Two lawyers know the coal to blow, Just like a pair of bellows. O blessings,... | |
 | David Herschell Edwards - 1881 - 432 דפים
...changed for the worse were broad Scotland's expanse, If she hadn't the Parliament House— and the Manse. A SONG OF PROVERBS. AIR — " Push about the jorum."...men's gates A beggar's face to see, sir. Yet trades ther6 arc, though rather rare, Where men are not so jealous ; Two lawyers know the coal to blow, Just... | |
 | David Herschell Edwards - 1881 - 436 דפים
...worse were broad Scotland's expanse, If she hadn't the Parliament House — and the Manse. A SONG OP PROVERBS. AIR — " Push about the jorum." In ancient...gates A beggar's face to see, sir. Yet trades there arc, though rather rare, Where men are not so jealous ; Two lawyers know the coal to blow, Just like... | |
 | Thomas Newbigging - 1910 - 282 דפים
...of an old sow's ear, sir ; Nor can you make a silken purse From very sour small beer, sir. CHORUS. 0 blessings on the men of yore, Who wisdom thus augmented,...left a store of easy lore For human use invented. Many of the subjects that occupy and perplex our minds to-day also exercised the minds of those who... | |
 | Dwight Edwards Marvin - 1916 - 456 דפים
...expounded; And proverbs sage, from age to age, In every mouth abounded. O Blessings on the men of yore, Whom wisdom thus augmented, And left a store of easy lore For human use invented. " Blackwood's Magazine, 1864. "I said that I loved the wise proverb, Brief, simple, and deep; For it... | |
 | 1916 - 456 דפים
...expounded; And proverbs sage, from age to age, In every mouth abounded. O Blessings on the men of yore, Whom wisdom thus augmented, And left a store of easy lore For human use invented. " Blackwood's Magazine, 1864. "I said that I loved the wise proverb, Brief, simple, and deep; For it... | |
 | 1925 - 682 דפים
...needed some pinching, and in 1864 Neaves supplied the need with his own version of the proverbs: " 0 blessings on the men of yore Who wisdom thus augmented,...left a store of easy lore For human use invented." ..." The man who would Charybdis shun Must make a cautious movement, " Or else he'll into Scylla run—... | |
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