A Hand-book of Proverbs: Comprising an Entire Republication of Ray's Collection of English Proverbs, with His Additions from Foreign Languages, and a Complete Alphabetical IndexG. Bell and sons, 1899 - 583 pages |
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... doth often harbour a great soul . The little cannot be great unless he devour many . Little sticks kindle the fire , but great ones put it out . Little dogs start the hare , but great ones catch 12 PROVERBIAL SENTENCES .
... doth often harbour a great soul . The little cannot be great unless he devour many . Little sticks kindle the fire , but great ones put it out . Little dogs start the hare , but great ones catch 12 PROVERBIAL SENTENCES .
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... catch it . That little which is good fills the trencher . He can give little to his servant who licks his own trencher . He liveth long that liveth well . Life is half spent before we know what it is . He that liveth wickedly can hardly ...
... catch it . That little which is good fills the trencher . He can give little to his servant who licks his own trencher . He liveth long that liveth well . Life is half spent before we know what it is . He that liveth wickedly can hardly ...
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... catch any thing . He looks like a dog under a door . Make a - do , and have a - do . I know what I do when I drink . Drink off your drink , and steal no lambs . Drift is as bad as unthrift . He was hanged that left his drink behind him ...
... catch any thing . He looks like a dog under a door . Make a - do , and have a - do . I know what I do when I drink . Drink off your drink , and steal no lambs . Drift is as bad as unthrift . He was hanged that left his drink behind him ...
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... catch the chin - cough . Spoken of one that sits on the ground . A tall man of his hands , he will not let a beast rest in his pocket . He's Tom Tell - troth . Two slips for a tester . The tears of the tankard . Four farthings and a ...
... catch the chin - cough . Spoken of one that sits on the ground . A tall man of his hands , he will not let a beast rest in his pocket . He's Tom Tell - troth . Two slips for a tester . The tears of the tankard . Four farthings and a ...
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... catch the old one on the nest . This must be if we brew . That is , if we undertake mean and sordid or lucrative employments , we must be content with some trouble , inconvenience , affronts , disturbance , & c . All friends round the ...
... catch the old one on the nest . This must be if we brew . That is , if we undertake mean and sordid or lucrative employments , we must be content with some trouble , inconvenience , affronts , disturbance , & c . All friends round the ...
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