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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Page 22
... quoth the rat , when the trap fell down . As welcome as flowers in May . I wept when I was born , and every day shews why . The worst wheel of a cart creaks most . i . e . The least capable of the company engrosses the discourse ...
... quoth the rat , when the trap fell down . As welcome as flowers in May . I wept when I was born , and every day shews why . The worst wheel of a cart creaks most . i . e . The least capable of the company engrosses the discourse ...
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... quoth the good man when he had wed his daughter . Motions are not marriages . More belongs to marriage than four bare legs in a bed . Italians say , Inanzi il maritare , abbi l'habitare . The Like blood , like good , and like age , make ...
... quoth the good man when he had wed his daughter . Motions are not marriages . More belongs to marriage than four bare legs in a bed . Italians say , Inanzi il maritare , abbi l'habitare . The Like blood , like good , and like age , make ...
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... quoth Wood ; if I can't rule my daughter , I'll rule my good . Chesh . Ossing comes to bossing . Chesh . Ossing , i . e . offering or aiming to do . The meaning is the same with Courting and wooing brings dallying and doing . Free of ...
... quoth Wood ; if I can't rule my daughter , I'll rule my good . Chesh . Ossing comes to bossing . Chesh . Ossing , i . e . offering or aiming to do . The meaning is the same with Courting and wooing brings dallying and doing . Free of ...
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... Quoth the young cock , I'll neither meddle nor make . When he saw the old cock's neck wrung off for taking part with the master ; and the old hen's for taking part with the dame . To order without a constable . He's no conjuror . Marry ...
... Quoth the young cock , I'll neither meddle nor make . When he saw the old cock's neck wrung off for taking part with the master ; and the old hen's for taking part with the dame . To order without a constable . He's no conjuror . Marry ...
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... Quoth the young cock , I'll neither meddle nor make . When he saw the old cock's neck wrung off for taking part with the master ; and the old hen's for taking part with the dame . To order without a constable . He's no conjuror . Marry ...
... Quoth the young cock , I'll neither meddle nor make . When he saw the old cock's neck wrung off for taking part with the master ; and the old hen's for taking part with the dame . To order without a constable . He's no conjuror . Marry ...
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