A Compleat Collection of English Proverbs: Also the Most Celebrated Proverbs of the Scotch, Italian, French, Spanish, and Other Languages. The Whole Methodically Digested and Illustrated with Annotations, and Proper Explanations |
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... the weight of another's burden . When you are an Anvil hold you ftill ; When you are a hammer ftrike your fill . The Ape fo long clippeth her young that at laft fhe killeth them , B An 17 An Ape is an Ape , a varlet's a Ya ...
... the weight of another's burden . When you are an Anvil hold you ftill ; When you are a hammer ftrike your fill . The Ape fo long clippeth her young that at laft fhe killeth them , B An 17 An Ape is an Ape , a varlet's a Ya ...
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... young colt fee your faddle be well girt . The comforter's head never akes . Ital . He commands enough that obeys a wife man . Ital . It's good to have company in trouble . Solamen miferis focios habuiffe doloris . Keep good men company ...
... young colt fee your faddle be well girt . The comforter's head never akes . Ital . He commands enough that obeys a wife man . Ital . It's good to have company in trouble . Solamen miferis focios habuiffe doloris . Keep good men company ...
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... young lafteth not .. It's ill healing an old fore . very old ar He wrongs not an old man who fteals his fupper from him . Hifpan . 403 If the old dog barks , he gives counfel If Proverbial Sentences . 15 You must not let your mouse-trap ...
... young lafteth not .. It's ill healing an old fore . very old ar He wrongs not an old man who fteals his fupper from him . Hifpan . 403 If the old dog barks , he gives counfel If Proverbial Sentences . 15 You must not let your mouse-trap ...
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... young , make much of death . Rather , as Mr. Howell hath it , When they fport with young women . When Bees are old they yield no honey . The old man's staff is the rapper at death's door . Hif . An old knave is no babe . Where old age ...
... young , make much of death . Rather , as Mr. Howell hath it , When they fport with young women . When Bees are old they yield no honey . The old man's staff is the rapper at death's door . Hif . An old knave is no babe . Where old age ...
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... young man , a fault in an old Green wood makes a hot fire . Wood half burnt is easily kindled . You were better give the wool than the fheep . Meglio è dar la lana che la pecora . Ital . Many words will not fill a bufhel . Words and ...
... young man , a fault in an old Green wood makes a hot fire . Wood half burnt is easily kindled . You were better give the wool than the fheep . Meglio è dar la lana che la pecora . Ital . Many words will not fill a bufhel . Words and ...
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