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... go to a wedding nor a christening with- out having been invited . " - Advising persons not to join in any entertainment without a par- ticular invitation , especially where there is eating and drinking , Aborreci el cohombro , y naciòme ...
... go to a wedding nor a christening with- out having been invited . " - Advising persons not to join in any entertainment without a par- ticular invitation , especially where there is eating and drinking , Aborreci el cohombro , y naciòme ...
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... go every evening to the house of your bro- 29 ther . ' -Even with a brother we should observe a certain respectful intercourse . A casa de tu tia , mas no cada dia .- " Go to your aunt's house , but not every day . " - It recom- mends ...
... go every evening to the house of your bro- 29 ther . ' -Even with a brother we should observe a certain respectful intercourse . A casa de tu tia , mas no cada dia .- " Go to your aunt's house , but not every day . " - It recom- mends ...
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... Go to bed supperless , and you will rise free from debt . " - Advising that it is much better to de- prive ourselves of some necessaries , than to go into debt for them . Adelante está , la casa del abad.- " The abbot's or curate's ...
... Go to bed supperless , and you will rise free from debt . " - Advising that it is much better to de- prive ourselves of some necessaries , than to go into debt for them . Adelante está , la casa del abad.- " The abbot's or curate's ...
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... go , where he must not plough ? " . There is in every rank and occupation in life , cares and troubles which must be endured . A do sacán y no pon , presto llegan al hondon.— " Where you take out , and don't put in , the bottom will ...
... go , where he must not plough ? " . There is in every rank and occupation in life , cares and troubles which must be endured . A do sacán y no pon , presto llegan al hondon.— " Where you take out , and don't put in , the bottom will ...
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... goes far in the cure of complaints . A fuera mariperez , que malos tiros tienes . " Be off , madam , your tricks don't suit . " — It is used in contempt of persons who have some evil habits , which they practise so as to give scandal ...
... goes far in the cure of complaints . A fuera mariperez , que malos tiros tienes . " Be off , madam , your tricks don't suit . " — It is used in contempt of persons who have some evil habits , which they practise so as to give scandal ...
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affairs agena 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 diablo dinero Dios drink Echar el diablo el lobo expence fond fortune friends gallina gato give guarda hija hijo hombre honor intimates la boca labour live lleva 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 racter reproof rich ruin Sacar sarten señor SHAK shews signifies Spain Spaniards speak thing thou tiempo tierra Tomar trae tres trifling vale viejo viene villano viña vino wine wish woman
Popular passages
Page 206 - Spanish proverb be true, that a fool knows more in his own house than a wise man in another's.
Page 246 - Thy gowns, thy shoes, thy beds of roses, Thy cap, thy kirtle, and thy posies, Soon break, soon wither, soon forgotten, In folly ripe, in reason rotten.
Page 28 - I'll tell you, friend! a wise man and a fool. You'll find, if once the monarch acts the monk, Or, cobbler-like, the parson will be drunk, Worth makes the man, and want of it, the fellow; The rest is all but leather or prunella.
Page 165 - 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 306 - 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 88 - The purest treasure mortal times afford Is spotless reputation ; that away, Men are but gilded loam or painted clay.
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.
Page 83 - The latent tracts, the giddy heights, explore Of all who blindly creep, or sightless soar; Eye Nature's walks, shoot folly as it flies, And catch the manners living as they rise ; Laugh where we must, be candid where we can, But vindicate the ways of God to man.