Dumpy Proverbs
by Honor C. Appleton
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About this eBook
- Author
- Appleton, Honor C., 1879-1951
- Title
- Dumpy proverbs
- Credits
- Produced by David Edwards, Emmy and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres
- Subject
- Proverbs
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 24610
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/24610
- Release Date
- February 14, 2008
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.Untitled
- 2.The Dumpy Books for Children — DUMPY PROVERBS — ·
- 3.HONOR C. APPLETON
- 4.THE DUMPY BOOKS FOR CHILDREN
- 5.I. — Opportunity makes the thief. — Dumpy Proverbs — BY
- 6.Honor C. Appleton — Don't stop the plough to catch a mouse.
- 7.II. — Conscience makes cowards of us all.
- 8.III. — Disobedience brings its own reward. — Time and tide wait for no man. — You need not cry over spilt milk.
- 9.I. — Fine feathers make fine birds.
- 10.II. — Look before you leap.
- 11.III. — Those that laugh last, laugh longest. — Let sleeping dogs lie. — A miss is as good as a mile.
- 12.I. — Pride comes before a fall.
- 13.II. — There's many a slip 'twixt cup and lip.
- 14.III. — It is an ill wind that blows nobody any good. — A watched pot never boils. — A stitch in time saves nine.
- 15.I. — Barefooted men should not tread upon thorns.
- 16.II. — Experience makes a man wise. — Misfortunes never come singly. — You cannot catch birds by throwing stones at them.
- 17.I. — Where there's a will there's a way.
- 18.II. — Appearances are deceitful. — The longest way round is the shortest way home. — Kissing goes by favour. — Transcriber's Notes:
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