 | 1823 - 496 pages
...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 - English literature - 1824 - 498 pages
...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... | |
 | Phrenology - 1827 - 674 pages
...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 - English literature - 1834 - 456 pages
...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 - English literature - 1834 - 462 pages
...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 pages
...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.... | |
 | American periodicals - 1854 - 694 pages
...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 - American literature - 1846 - 532 pages
...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... | |
 | 1853 - 582 pages
...dash themselves to pieces against obstacles, which with a little prudence and foresight they might have avoided. It is this : He who will not be ruled...could never have been the proverb of an inland people. Do not talk Arabic in the house of a *Moor, — that is, because there thy imperfect knowledge will... | |
 | Richard Chenevix Trench - Proverbs - 1853 - 156 pages
...dash themselves to pieces against obstacles, which, with a little prudence and foresight, they might have avoided. It is this : He who will not be ruled...never have been the .proverb of an inland people. Do not talk Arabic in the house of a Moor* — that is, because there thy imperfect knowledge will... | |
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