| 1823 - 496 Seiten
...the herring fishery. " RULED BY THE RUDDER OR RULED BY THE ROCK." There is a Cornish proverb, ' Those who will not be ruled by the rudder must be ruled by the rock.' — The strands of Cornwall, so often covered with wrecks, could not fail to impress on the imagination... | |
| Isaac Disraeli - 1824 - 498 Seiten
...have occurred to any people unaccustomed to the herring-fishery. There is a Cornish proverb, " Those who will not be ruled by the rudder must be ruled by the rock"—the strands of Cornwall, so often covered with wrecks, could not fail to impress on the imaginations... | |
| 1827 - 674 Seiten
...who frequently changes his place or his trade will never make money. There is a Cornish proverb, " He who will not be " ruled by the rudder must be ruled by the rock," intimating that those who are headstrong, and will not take advice, must suffer the consequences. The... | |
| Isaac Disraeli - 1834 - 462 Seiten
...not have occurred to any people unaccustomed to herring-fishery. There is a Cornish proverb, ' Those who will not be ruled by the rudder must be ruled by the rock' — the strands of Cornwall, so often covered with wrecks, could not fail to impress on the imaginations... | |
| Isaac Disraeli - 1834 - 456 Seiten
...not have occurred to any people unaccustomed to herring-fishery. There is a Cornish proverb, ' Those who will not be ruled by the rudder must be ruled by the rock' — the strands of Cornwall, so often covered with wrecks, could not fail to impress on the imaginations... | |
| Andrew Steinmetz - 1838 - 360 Seiten
...parallels of each other.—Ib. 1358. A fog cannot be dissipated with a/an.—Japanese Proverb. 1359. Those who will not be ruled by the rudder, must be ruled by the rock.—Cornish Proverb. 13CO. What the eyes do not see, the heart does not grieve at.—Negro ditto.... | |
| 1854 - 694 Seiten
...English, and could have had its birth only under such variable skies as ours." The Cornish proverb, He who will not be ruled by the rudder must be ruled by the rock, belongs to no inland county, nor smooth and secure coast There is something manifestly Oriental in... | |
| Isaac Disraeli - 1846 - 530 Seiten
...not have occurred (o any people unaccustomed to herrtngfi-lu-ry . There is a Cornish proverb, ' Those who will not be ruled by the rudder must be ruled by the rock*— the strands of Cornwall, so often covered with wrecks, couid not fail to impress on the imaginations... | |
| Richard Chenevix Trench (abp. of Dublin.) - 1853 - 164 Seiten
...under such variable skies as ours, — not certainly in those southern lands where, during the summer time at least, the sun always shines. In the same...by the rock. It sets us at once upon some rocky and wreck -strewn coast ; we feel that it could never have been the proverb of an inland people. Do not... | |
| 1853 - 844 Seiten
..."JAMES BOOMER. " Rothwell, March 1, 1853." AR RO VE RB. — There is a fine Cornish proverb in regard to obstinate wrongheads, who will take no counsel except...ruled by the rudder must be ruled by the rock. It sets as at once upon some rocky and wreck-strewn coast ; we feel that it could never have been the proverb... | |
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