Category: Language & Communication
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 i...
The wife that expects to have a good name Is always at home as if she were lame, And the maid that is honest her chiefest delight Is still to be doing from morning to night.
2. Part 2When the cuckoo comes to the bare thorn, Sell your cow and buy your corn, But when she comes to a full bit, Sell your corn, and buy your sheep.
4. Part 4He who more than his worth doth spend, Makes a rope his life to end; He who spends more than he should, Shall not have to spend when he would.
1. Part 1Long 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 saying...
5. Part 51713. WANT OF. For want of a nail the shoe is lost; for want of a shoe the horse is lost; for want of a horse the rider is lost.
9. Part 9Useful knowledge. . . . Invaluable alike as desk or pocket companion. . . . Treats of the multitude of errors daily made in speaking and writing, and offers corrections collecte...
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