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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... comes clear weather . Give a clown your finger , and he'll take your whole hand . Cobblers and tinkers are the best ale - drinkers . The cock crows and the hen goes . When you ride a young colt , see your saddle be well girt . The ...
... comes clear weather . Give a clown your finger , and he'll take your whole hand . Cobblers and tinkers are the best ale - drinkers . The cock crows and the hen goes . When you ride a young colt , see your saddle be well girt . The ...
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... comes . The taste of the kitchen is better than the smell . To him that hath lost his taste , sweet is sour . Who hath aching teeth hath ill tenants . A thin meadow is soon mowed . Think much , speak little , and write less . The thorn ...
... comes . The taste of the kitchen is better than the smell . To him that hath lost his taste , sweet is sour . Who hath aching teeth hath ill tenants . A thin meadow is soon mowed . Think much , speak little , and write less . The thorn ...
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... comes home by weeping cross . Weight and measure take away strife . He that doth well wearieth not himself . Well to work , and make a fire , Doth both care and skill require . Such a welcome , such a farewell . Welcome death , quoth ...
... comes home by weeping cross . Weight and measure take away strife . He that doth well wearieth not himself . Well to work , and make a fire , Doth both care and skill require . Such a welcome , such a farewell . Welcome death , quoth ...
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... comes off well : for an ague is nothing but a strong fermentation of the blood . Now , as in the fermentation of ... come on horseback , but go away on foot . A bit in the morning is better than nothing all day . Or , than a thump on the ...
... comes off well : for an ague is nothing but a strong fermentation of the blood . Now , as in the fermentation of ... come on horseback , but go away on foot . A bit in the morning is better than nothing all day . Or , than a thump on the ...
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... come and gone , The snow lies on a hot stone . February fill dike , be it black or be it white ; But if it be white , it's the better to like . Pluye de Februier vaut egout de fumier . - Fr . Snow brings a ... comes in like a lion , 32.
... come and gone , The snow lies on a hot stone . February fill dike , be it black or be it white ; But if it be white , it's the better to like . Pluye de Februier vaut egout de fumier . - Fr . Snow brings a ... comes in like a lion , 32.
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