 When you go into a wood, do not forget your woodknife." " An elephant though he has four legs may slip; and a doctor is not always right." "Go up by land you meet a tiger; go down by water you meet a crocodile." " If a dog bite you, do not bite him again.  Eastern and northern Asia. Europe - 200 페이지저자: Robert Gordon Latham - 1859전체보기 - 도서 정보
 | 1857 - 498 페이지
...or two of the proverbs are amusing : " An elephant, though he has four legs, may slip ; and a doctor is not always right. Go up by land, you meet a tiger ; go down by water, you meet a crocodile (Out of the frying-pan into the fire). If a dog bite you, do not bite him again." Though theatrical... | |
 | John Bowring - 1857 - 554 페이지
...the stream (in the way of the current). An elephant, though he has four legs, may slip ; and a doctor is not always right. Go up by land, you meet a tiger;...Nourish no worms that eat timber : ie Be cautious in the selection of your friends. The Siamese can hardly be said to have a national drama; but theatrical... | |
 | Francis Fisher Broune - 1873 - 544 페이지
...doctor is not always right." Other proverbs are : " If a dog bite you, do not bite him again;" and, "Go up by land, you meet a tiger; go down by water, you meet a crocodile." Siam, liko Egypt and Babylonia, is the gift of one river, the Meinam, whose floods irrigate the most... | |
 | 1873 - 448 페이지
...wood, do not forget your wood-knife. " An elephant though lie has four legs may slip ; and a doctor is not always right. " Go up by land, you meet a tiger ; go dawn- by water, you meet a crocodile. " If a dog bite you, do not bite him again." Between the luxury... | |
 | J. T. Headley - 1879 - 864 페이지
...a wood, do not forget your woodknife. "An .elephant though he has four legs may slip ; and a doctor is not always right. "Go up by land, you meet a tiger; go down by water, you meet a crocodile. "If a dog bite you, do not bite him again." Between the luxury and splendor of the king's court and... | |
 | Frank Stockton Dobbins, Samuel Wells Williams, Isaac Hollister Hall - 1883 - 832 페이지
...a wood, do not forget your woodknife." " An elephant though he has four legs may slip; and a doctor is not always right." "Go up by land you meet a tiger; go down by water you meet a crocodile." " If a dog bite you, do not bite him again." As in most Oriental lands there is the greatest and most... | |
 | Frank Stockton Dobbins, Samuel Wells Williams, Isaac Hollister Hall - 1883 - 830 페이지
...a wood, do not forget your woodknife." " An elephant though he has four legs may slip; and a doctor is not always right." "Go up by land you meet a tiger; go down by water you meet a crocodile." " If a dog bite you, do not bite him again." As in most Oriental lands there is the greatest and most... | |
 | Charles Haddon Spurgeon - 1889 - 358 페이지
...not have to wipe them afterwards. In every case there is need to be on our guard. The Siamese say, " Go up by land you meet a tiger; go down by water you meet a crocodile." Always keep a good look-cat, for you are in an enemy's country. Look for hogs in the sty. Bad men have... | |
 | George Blagden Bacon - 1892 - 366 페이지
...wood-knife. " An elephant though he has four legs may slip; and a doctor is not always right. " Go np by land, you meet a tiger; go down by water, you meet a crocodile. " If a dog bite you, do not bite him again." Between the luxury and splendor of the king's court and... | |
 | Frank Stockton Dobbins - 1897 - 802 페이지
...a wood, do not forget your woodknife." "An elephant though he has four legs may slip; and a doctor is not always right." "Go up by land you meet a tiger; go down by water you meet a crocodile." " If a dog bite you, do not bite him again." As in most Oriental lands there is the greatest and most... | |
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