Familiar Quotations: A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern LiteratureMacmillan and Company, 1907 - 1158 pages |
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... Better is to bow then breake . " Ibid . Ibid . It hurteth not the toung to give faire words . Ibid . Two heads are better then one . Ibid . A short horse is soone currid.9 Chap . x . To tell tales out of schoole . Ibid . To hold with ...
... Better is to bow then breake . " Ibid . Ibid . It hurteth not the toung to give faire words . Ibid . Two heads are better then one . Ibid . A short horse is soone currid.9 Chap . x . To tell tales out of schoole . Ibid . To hold with ...
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... Better late than never.5 Ibid . When the steede is stolne , shut the stable durre . " Ibid . Pryde will have a fall ; For pryde goeth before and shame commeth after . " Ibid . She looketh as butter would not melt in her mouth.8 The ...
... Better late than never.5 Ibid . When the steede is stolne , shut the stable durre . " Ibid . Pryde will have a fall ; For pryde goeth before and shame commeth after . " Ibid . She looketh as butter would not melt in her mouth.8 The ...
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... Better is to bow then breake . " Ibid . Ibid . It hurteth not the toung to give faire words . Two heads are better then one . Ibid . Ibid . A short horse is soone currid.o To tell tales out of schoole . Chap . x . Ibid . Ibid ...
... Better is to bow then breake . " Ibid . Ibid . It hurteth not the toung to give faire words . Two heads are better then one . Ibid . Ibid . A short horse is soone currid.o To tell tales out of schoole . Chap . x . Ibid . Ibid ...
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... Better one byrde in hand than ten in the wood.1 Proverbes . Part i . Chap . xi . Rome was not built in one day . Ibid . Yee have many strings to your bowe.2 Ibid . Many small make a great.3 Ibid . Children learne to creepe ere they can ...
... Better one byrde in hand than ten in the wood.1 Proverbes . Part i . Chap . xi . Rome was not built in one day . Ibid . Yee have many strings to your bowe.2 Ibid . Many small make a great.3 Ibid . Children learne to creepe ere they can ...
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... better For being a little bad . Measure for Measure . Act v . Sc . 2 What's mine is yours , and what is yours is mine . The pleasing punishment that women bear . The Comedy of Errors . A wretched soul , bruised with adversity . Every ...
... better For being a little bad . Measure for Measure . Act v . Sc . 2 What's mine is yours , and what is yours is mine . The pleasing punishment that women bear . The Comedy of Errors . A wretched soul , bruised with adversity . Every ...
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