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 Index
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1899 Excerpt: ...a little sail. A little stream may quench thirst as well as a great river. A little stream will drive a light mill, 112. A little string will tie a little bird. A little time may be enough to hatch great mischief. A little wind kindleth a great fire: a great one bloweth it out. A little wit will serve a fortunate man. ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1899 Excerpt: ...a little sail. A little stream may quench thirst as well as a great river. A little stream will drive a light mill, 112. A little string will tie a little bird. A little time may be enough to hatch great mischief. A little wind kindleth a great fire: a great one bloweth it out. A little wit will serve a fortunate man. A little wood will heat a little oven. A living dog is better than a dead lion. A loan should come laughing home. A London cockney, 213. A London jury; hang half, and save half, 212. A long harvest and a little corn, 164. A long lane, and a fair wind, and always thy heels here away 55. A long life hath long miseries. A long ox and a short horse. A long tongue has a short hand, 20. A lord's heart and a beggar's purse agree not, 70. A lord without riches is a soldier without arms. A lover's soul lives in the body of his mistress. Plutarch. A low hedge is easily leaped over, 13. A loyal heart may be landed under Traitor's Bridge, 214. A mach an' a horse-shoe are baith alike, 230. A mad beast must have a sober driver. A mad bull is not to be tied up with a packthread. A madman and a fool are no witnesses. A mad parish must have a mad priest. A maid oft seen, and a gown oft worn, are disesteem'd and held in scorn. A maid that laughs is half taken, 13. A maid that taketh yieldeth, 13. A man among children will be long a child, a child among men will be soon a man. A man apt to promise is apt to forget. A man, as he manages himself, may die old at thirty, or young at eighty. A man at five may be a fool at fifteen, 226. A man at sixteen will prove a child at sixty. A man can do no more than he can, 76. A man can never thrive who has a wasteful wife. A man canna bear a' his ain kin on his back, 226. A man cannot live by the air, 66. A man cannot spin a...
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