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DICTIONARY
ENGLISH PROVERBS
THE FAMILIAR QUOTATIONS SERIES OF BOOKS.
Price 1s. cloth; 1s. 6d. half-bound in leather, red edges.
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Coloured edges, 3s. each.
DICTIONARY
English Proverbs
AND
Proverbial Phrases
WITH
A COPIOUS INDEX OF PRINCIPAL WORDS
'A DICTIONARY OF DAILY BLUNDERS,'
'A HANDY BOOK OF SYNONYMS,'
ETC. ETC.
LONDON: WHITTAKER & CO.
"The genius, wit, and spirit of a nation are discovered by their proverbs."--LORD BACON.
PREFACE
Long before writing and books were in common use, proverbs were the principal means of imparting instruction. In modern times there is not so much need to apply these old sayings as a means of educating the people, but they are still constantly met with in the newspapers and in general literature, and they are rightly considered as "The texts of common life."
It only remains to remind the reader that this is a collection of ENGLISH Proverbs only; and we may appropriately conclude our Preface with a further extract from Disraeli's essay, wherein he very justly remarks that "The experience of life will throw a perpetual freshness over these short and simple texts; every day may furnish a new commentary; and we may grow old and still find novelty in proverbs by their perpetual application."
An ague in the spring, Is physic for a king.
He that buys land buys many stones, He that buys flesh buys many bones, He that buys eggs buys many shells, He that buys ale buys nothing else.
No living man All things can.
Apples, eggs, and nuts, One may eat after sluts.
When April blows his horn, It's both good for hay and corn.
March winds and April showers Bring forth May flowers.
August dry and warm, Harvest doth no harm.
If the twenty-fourth of August be fair and clear, Then hope for a prosperous autumn that year.
When the sloe-tree is as white as a sheet, Sow your barley, whether it be dry or wet.
A spaniel, a woman, and a walnut tree, The more they're beaten the better they be.
A swarm of bees in May is worth a load of hay, But a swarm of bees in July is not worth a fly.
The sharper the blast, The shorter 'twill last.
They that have no other meat, Bread and butter are glad to eat.
Who buys hath need of a hundred eyes. Who sells hath need of one.
If Candlemas day be fair and bright, Winter will have another flight; If on Candlemas day it be shower and rain, Winter is gone, and will not come again.
When Candlemas day is come and gone, The snow lies on a hot stone.
The hind had as lief see his wife on the bier, As Candlemas day should be pleasant and clear.
When the cat's away, The mice will play.
He that leaves certainty and sticks to chance, When fools pipe he may dance.
Cheese it is a peevish elf, It digests all things but itself.
If you would have a good cheese, and have'n old, You must turn'n seven times before he is cold.
If Christmas Day on a Monday be, A great winter that year you will see.
When the clouds are on the hills, They'll come down by the mills.
They that can cobble and clout, Shall have work when others go without.
If the cock moult before the hen, We shall have weather thick and thin; But if the hen moult before the cock, We shall have weather hard as a block.
A cold May and a windy Makes a full barn and a findy.
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