| John Ray - 1818 - 318 pages
...suddenly destroy the body, so a lesser excess doth weaken and partially destroy it, by rendering it less lasting, They who would be young when they are old...of sleeping after dinner in the summer time is now grow* general in Italy and other hot countries, so that from one to three or four of the clock in the... | |
| Elizabeth Lachlan - 1824 - 382 pages
...so soon gained as lost. he that will eat the kernel must crack the nut. old young, and old long ; or they who would be young when they are old, must be old when they are young. Il n'ya que la première peine qui coute. the first step over, the rest is easy. Il ne faut pas manger... | |
| John Wade - Church - 1824 - 258 pages
...The nearer the bone, the swceter the flesh. The head and feet kcep warm, the rest will take no harm. They who would be young when they are old, must be old when they are young. To a full belly all meat is bad. — Italian. The epicure puts his purse into his belly, and the miser... | |
| Phenix - 1835 - 312 pages
...you do not drink to fill you. Children and chicken must be always picking. Old young and old long; they who would be young when they are old, must be old when they are young. Every man is either a fool or a physician after forty years of age. Good heal is half a meal. An old... | |
| John Gideon Millingen - Americana - 1838 - 456 pages
...may eat after a slut. Poma, ova, atque nuces, si det tibi sordida, gustes. Old young and old long. They who would be young when they are old, must be...as high as a spoon, You may sleep an hour at noon. When the fern is as high as a ladle, You may sleep as long as you are able. When fern begins to look... | |
| Percy Society - English literature - 1847 - 358 pages
...matters. Barnaby bright, The longest day And shortest night.* A good leak in June, Sets all in tune. When the fern is as high as a spoon, You may sleep an hour at noon. If woolly fleeces spread .the heavenly way, No rain, be sure, disturbs the summer's day. JULY. St.... | |
| Electronic journals - 1888 - 668 pages
...the end of the book any particular proverb has been taken. The English equivalent there given is " They who would be young when they are old must be old when they are young "; but this ie I somewhat too much of a paraphrase, and I think a neater rendering would be " Be old... | |
| Electronic journals - 1888 - 564 pages
...the end of the book any particular proverb has been taken. The English equivalent there given is " They who would be young when they are old must be old when they are young"; but this is somewhat too much of a paraphrase, and I think a neater rendering would be " Be old betimes... | |
| 1854 - 798 pages
...lengthens, The cold strengthens." A. Nn Ju. " Culm weather In June, Set« corn in tune." PlSCATOR. " When the* fern is as high as a spoon, You may sleep an hour at noon." AN, JB. " Till St. James* day be come and gone, You may have hops or you may have none." PlSCATOK.... | |
| Anne Pratt - Botany - 1855 - 348 pages
...contain is not always apparent to modern readers. There was a homely proverb once in common use: — " When the fern is as high as a spoon, You may sleep an hour at noon ; When the fern is as high as a ladle, You may sleep as long as you're able ; When the fern begins... | |
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