The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1835-10-27 00:00:00

PROVERBS' IN POLITE ENGLISH.

In a stray number of a departed periodical, we recently Ine
with a string or proverbs translated into polite language bi 5114
Isabel.Hili; and they are so admirably rendered, With so !nue,.
originality and humour, that we eagerly extract souse specimen?,
of them, in the conviction that they are still " as good as new
—for they cannotisave been seen by many eyes in the obscnr,i2i
of their original publication. Miss Hill says—" I differ friln,
the million, as to the vulgarity of using old sayings some n 1
them are truly expressive and significant; it is only to tn`,
homeliness of their style that I object, My xefined frielo
Leonine hai indifferently riformed. this." The fallowing art
among the specimens of Leonine's success in transtnutinglee`
into gold.
"Coined metal impels the feminine horse.
" It is painful to be in attendance for the pump 4 of de.l;,,
individuals.
the
Do not exclaim vociferously till you have passed beyonl
f orest.
" No longer perform on the flageolet, no longer gallopade.
" Loveliness ties not beneath the superflcies of the exterlYr
enticnle.

"Let every=one pursue the bent of his own genius, as the
elderly matron observed while saluting her vaccine favourite.
" An equeatriawmendicant will journey towards the
of his satanic majelty.
"'loo great a number of culinary assistants may impair the
flavour °file consummee.
"An obese affliction is ureferable to an emaciated one. '
"Apply. not the oleaginous product. of dairies-to We incisor'''
your hunter.
" A pebble, in a state of circumirolutiou acAuires not the
lichens of mural vegetation.
" Royalty may he contemplated With impunity, even by $
feline quadruped. .
o No vender of the finny tribe announces that her piscatory
spoil i 4 so decomposed as to offend the olfactory nerves.
"To that *Lich the' retina does not receive, the pericarditral
remains insensible. -,;
"Why should the smaller domestic utensil accuse the large''
ofingraiittide?
" A greater volume of aqueous fluid passes the machine for
pulverising wheat than its proprietor is aware.
" Do not adopt a vehicular conveyance till yon can afford au
ti-attrition.
" Feathered _bipeds of similar plumage will live gregariouslY;
" The taciturn, *Male of the porine genus imbibes the riche,'
nutriment. •
"That which is engendered in tho osseous portions 'of
,the
frame will never be extracted from its carnal covering.
"Those, the illumining apertures of whose tnessuages ar°
vitrified, should never project fragments of granite.
" The capital of the Papal states was not constructed iu $
diurnal revolution of the globe.
1"
" .warblers are rarely made prisoners tb
husks of grain.
" Au abrupt inclination of the head is equivalent to a sadder
closing of the eyie, to a racer labouring, under a cataract.
"One proper deviation from the straight line merits a similar
event.
" By the same process that you heat kneaded dough, you nlB7'
amalgamate malt and hops.
" Bv the same method in which you 'formed your couch, ra
you may recline on it.
A -vacant tenement is superior to a vicious inhabitant. •
" It is a sage infant who is intimately acquainted with his 'O9
paternal ...lance.
" The Infernal Being Is notssO sable as Ilmmers have repre-
sented him.

' " No ablution will Convert an African into an A lbina.
"Inferior falcons will not extract the visual organs of the,
kind.
"He who treats the misfortunes of others as themes for re?i-
bility may have that cachination transfet red to the opposite 5.4°
of his facia muscles: •
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" Elongated articles of table equipage are required by--0
who take petit soupers with the author of Evil.
" In the absence of the miniature tiger, the muscipular t'A`
will become festive.
" Do not calculate the number of vour juvenile poultry bef°re
the process of incubation be completed.
" It is more pleasing to arrive at the termination of a banquet-
than ht the commencement of a journey."
But Miss Hill's ingenious friend Leonine deals sometiu'ed
" mote cunningly" with us, and translates the most ill-favoure
proverbs into the exceedingly felicitous puzzles—thus:— 0
"That indispensable to gastronomy on which the smoke art
will, if excellent, make an equally perfect quarter of a piot•
"Give some men a small island, and they will take a
letter.

" Wherever there is a testament there is a path.
"The artful person shall be captivated in his 9WII Genera. v
"One fleecy animAeutaneously infected, will spread cos,I
giou through the courser kind of mill-puff.