Search for: [Abstract = "In the second part of the paper the analysis undertakes features and functions of the proverb in Eliza Orzeszkowa's selected works\: \"Lowlands\" \[\"Niziny\"\], \"By the Niemen\" \[\"Nad Niemnem\"\] and \"Mary Rose\" \[\"Panna Róża\"\]. On their basis one may infer the process of universalisation of the studied proverb within the works of the authoress. The writer draws the proverb from Belarusian folk, and as the time went by, separated its meaning from the original context, giving the saying universal meaning."]