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Page 38
... lost ; I was undone and on retiring I caught cold , which brought on a fever , And I had nothing left wherewith to pay for my cure . A malas hadas , malas bragas . " Ill fortune is dressed shabbily . " " Consider why the change was ...
... lost ; I was undone and on retiring I caught cold , which brought on a fever , And I had nothing left wherewith to pay for my cure . A malas hadas , malas bragas . " Ill fortune is dressed shabbily . " " Consider why the change was ...
Page 50
... lost a needle , and here I will find it . " - It is said of those who lose their property in some speculation , and resolve to recover it by the same means . Ara bien hondo , cogeràs pan en abondo . " Plough deeply , and you will have ...
... lost a needle , and here I will find it . " - It is said of those who lose their property in some speculation , and resolve to recover it by the same means . Ara bien hondo , cogeràs pan en abondo . " Plough deeply , and you will have ...
Page 57
... lost the greater part of his estate , but who still retained a certain portion of it , which enabled him to subsist . Aunque mi suegro sea bueno , no quiero perro con concerro . " Although my father - in - law is a good man , I do not ...
... lost the greater part of his estate , but who still retained a certain portion of it , which enabled him to subsist . Aunque mi suegro sea bueno , no quiero perro con concerro . " Although my father - in - law is a good man , I do not ...
Page 58
... lost maidenhead and a broken head , are never in want of comforters . " - A female who has been seduced , and a man who has had his head broken , are generally solicited to compromise the business . Ayer putas , y hoy comadres ...
... lost maidenhead and a broken head , are never in want of comforters . " - A female who has been seduced , and a man who has had his head broken , are generally solicited to compromise the business . Ayer putas , y hoy comadres ...
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... lost , we must endeavour to collect what is possible . Del alcalde al verdugo , red como subo.- " From a magistrate to a hangman , see how he rises . " An ironical expression , used when one accepts an employment inferior to the one he ...
... lost , we must endeavour to collect what is possible . Del alcalde al verdugo , red como subo.- " From a magistrate to a hangman , see how he rises . " An ironical expression , used when one accepts an employment inferior to the one he ...
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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
Popular passages
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 88 - The purest treasure mortal times afford Is spotless reputation ; that away, Men are but gilded loam or painted clay.
Page 259 - Nil habet infelix paupertas durius in se quam quod ridiculos homines facit. "Exeat...
Page 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.
Page 204 - Spanish proverb be true, that a fool knows more in his own house than a wise man in another's.
Page 304 - O thou invisible spirit of wine ! if thou hast no name to be known by, let us call thee devil.
Page 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.
Page 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?
Page 92 - Reason's whole pleasure, all the joys of sense, Lie in three words, health, peace, and competence.