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A Hand-Book of Proverbs. Comprising an Entire Re-Publication of Ray's Collection of English Proverbs, with His Additions from Foreign Languages. and a Complete Alphabetical Index; In Which Are Introduced Large Additions, as Well of Proverbs as of S

A Hand-Book of Proverbs. Comprising an Entire Re-Publication of Ray's Collection of English Proverbs, with His Additions from Foreign Languages. and a Complete Alphabetical Index; In Which Are Introduced Large Additions, as Well of Proverbs as of S


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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. 1875 Excerpt: ...than want necessaries.: nspT KJX KDD KHSnn KrtalvD kin K3D i.e. One grain of sharp pepper is better than a basket full of gourds. That is, one wise man, how mean soever, is more valuable than many that are unwise.: vSm Jlin Kat? 1iJ3 -'. e. As if a man that is killed should come home upon his feet. This is used proverbially of those things which we give for lost. A COMPLETE ALPHABET OF PEOVEEBS TAKEN FEOM CAMDEN, HERBERT, HOWELL, FULLER, RAY, TRUSSLER, AND OTHERS. % The numerals attached to many of the lines indicate the page where those proverbs occur in Say's Collection, which forms the first portion of the present volume. A bad bush is better than the open field, 68. A bad day never hath a good night, 5. A bad Jack may have as bad a Jill. A bad padlock invites a picklock. A bad shift is better than no shift, 68, 91. A bad thing never dies.-A bad workman quarrels with his tools, 144. A bairn maun creep ere it gang, 230. X bald head is soon shaven, 69. A barber learneth to shave by shaving fools, 131. A bargain is a bargain, 49.., rr A barley-corn is better than a diamond to a cock. QuU-.!(-'J""-J A barren sow was never good to pigs. A basket-justice will do justice right or wrong, 54. A bawbee cat may look at a king, 227. A bean in liberty is better than a comfit in prison, 12. A beggar payeth a benefit with a louse, 70. A bellyful is a bellyful, whether it be meat or drink, 71. A bellyful of gluttony will never study willingly, 98. A beltless bairn canna lie, 230.-A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. A bird is known by its note, and a man by his talk. A bird may be caught with a snare, that will not be shot. A bit and a knock, as men feed apes, 148. A bit in the morning is better than nothing all day, or than a thump on the ...


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  • ISBN-13: 9781236353306
  • Publisher: Rarebooksclub.com
  • Publisher Imprint: Rarebooksclub.com
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 226
  • Spine Width: 12 mm
  • Width: 189 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1236353307
  • Publisher Date: 01 May 2012
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 413 gr


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