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DUMPY PROVERBS

HONOR C. APPLETON

THE DUMPY BOOKS FOR CHILDREN

24. Dumpy Proverbs

_The Dumpy Books for Children_

CLOTH, ROYAL 32mo, =1/6= EACH

=1. The Flamp.= =2. Mrs. Turner's Cautionary Stories.= =3. The Bad Family.= =4. The Story of Little Black Sambo.= =5. The Bountiful Lady.= =6. A Cat Book.= =7. A Flower Book.= =8. The Pink Knight.= =9. The Little Clown.= =10. A Horse Book.= =11. Little People: An Alphabet.= =12. A Dog Book.= =13. The Adventures of Samuel and Selina.= =14. The Little Girl Lost.= =15. Dollies.= =16. The Bad Mrs. Ginger.= =17. Peter Piper's Practical Principles.= =18. Little White Barbara.= =19. The Japanese Dumpy Book.= =20. Towlocks and His Wooden Horse.= =21. The Three Little Foxes.= =22. The Old Man's Bag.= =23. The Three Goblins.= =24. Dumpy Proverbs.= =25. More Dollies.= =26. Little Yellow Wang-lo.= =27. Plain Jane.= =28. The Sooty Man.= =29. Fishy-Winkle.=

_A Cloth Case to contain Twelve Volumes can be had, price 2s. net; or the First Twelve Volumes in Case, price £1 net._

=LONDON: GRANT RICHARDS,= =48=, LEICESTER SQUARE.

Dumpy Proverbs

BY Honor C. Appleton

ILLUSTRATED IN COLOURS

LONDON: GRANT RICHARDS 1903

Don't stop the plough to catch a mouse.

II.

Conscience makes cowards of us all.

III.

Disobedience brings its own reward.

Time and tide wait for no man.

You need not cry over spilt milk.

I.

Fine feathers make fine birds.

II.

Look before you leap.

III.

Those that laugh last, laugh longest.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

A miss is as good as a mile.

I.

Pride comes before a fall.

II.

There's many a slip 'twixt cup and lip.

III.

It is an ill wind that blows nobody any good.

A watched pot never boils.

A stitch in time saves nine.

I.

Barefooted men should not tread upon thorns.

II.

Experience makes a man wise.

Misfortunes never come singly.

You cannot catch birds by throwing stones at them.

I.

Where there's a will there's a way.

II.

Appearances are deceitful.

The longest way round is the shortest way home.

Kissing goes by favour.

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Transcriber's Note:

Obvious punctuation errors repaired.