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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... goose He giveth one knock on the -Ital . i . e . He speaks no wholly extraneous . HE that labours , and thrives , y cria , oro hila . The lame goeth as far as the The last suitor wins the maid . In a thousand pounds of law The law is ...
... goose He giveth one knock on the -Ital . i . e . He speaks no wholly extraneous . HE that labours , and thrives , y cria , oro hila . The lame goeth as far as the The last suitor wins the maid . In a thousand pounds of law The law is ...
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... goose shall be choked with the feathers . He giveth one knock on the hoop , and another on the barrel . -Ital . i . e . He speaks now to the purpose , now on matters wholly extraneous . ན . HE that labours , and thrives , spins gold ...
... goose shall be choked with the feathers . He giveth one knock on the hoop , and another on the barrel . -Ital . i . e . He speaks now to the purpose , now on matters wholly extraneous . ན . HE that labours , and thrives , spins gold ...
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... goose , and give the giblets in alms . Step after step the ladder is ascended . Who hath none to still him , may weep out his eyes . The stillest humours are always the worst . Who remove stones , bruise their fingers . Who hath skirts ...
... goose , and give the giblets in alms . Step after step the ladder is ascended . Who hath none to still him , may weep out his eyes . The stillest humours are always the worst . Who remove stones , bruise their fingers . Who hath skirts ...
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... goose lay . If she be a good goose , her dame well to pay , She will lay two eggs before Valentine's day . Before St. Chad every goose lays , both good and bad . It rains by planets . This the country people use when it rains in one ...
... goose lay . If she be a good goose , her dame well to pay , She will lay two eggs before Valentine's day . Before St. Chad every goose lays , both good and bad . It rains by planets . This the country people use when it rains in one ...
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... goose make a market . This is an Italian proverb . Tré donne è un occa , fan un mercato . A ship and a woman are ever repairing . A spaniel , a woman , and a walnut tree , The more they're beaten , the better still they be . Nux ...
... goose make a market . This is an Italian proverb . Tré donne è un occa , fan un mercato . A ship and a woman are ever repairing . A spaniel , a woman , and a walnut tree , The more they're beaten , the better still they be . Nux ...
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