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Dumpy Proverbs

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The Dumpy Books for Children — DUMPY PROVERBS — ·
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.




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London: GRANT RICHARDS,

48, Leicester Square.




HONOR C. APPLETON
THE DUMPY BOOKS FOR CHILDREN







24. Dumpy Proverbs





SIR JOSEPH CAUSTON & SONS LIMITED LONDON 









I. Opportunity makes the thief.
I. — Opportunity makes the thief. — Dumpy Proverbs — BY
Honor C. Appleton — Don't stop the plough to catch a mouse.
ILLUSTRATED

IN COLOURS







LONDON:

GRANT RICHARDS

1903












Don't stop the plow to catch a mouse












Conscience makes cowards of us all

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.
Disobedience brings its own reward












Time and tide wait for no man.









You need not cry over spilt milk.












Fine feathers make fine birds.

I. — Fine feathers make fine birds.








II. — Look before you leap.
Look before you leap.












Those that laugh last, laugh longest.

III. — Those that laugh last, laugh longest. — Let sleeping dogs lie. — A miss is as good as a mile.








Let sleeping dogs lie.












A miss is as good as a mile.









I. — Pride comes before a fall.
Pride comes before a fall.












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

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.
It is an ill wind that blows nobody any good.











A watched pot never boils.









A stitch in time saves nine.












Barefooted men should not tread upon thorns.

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.
Experience makes a man wise.











Misfortunes never come singly.











You cannot catch birds by throwing stones at them.











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

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. — Transcriber's Notes:
Appearances are deceitful.











The longest way round is the shortest way home.











Kissing goes by favour.









Obvious punctuation errors repaired.


Page number discrepancies are due to blank pages in the original text with
the exception of the twice named [31] which was in the original text.