... a small one ; and we can prove the death by other means, though expensive ones, I fear. However, it is just as well to bring over an Italian priest and an English consul, as to bribe a British thief too high. Don't walk upon commons too late any more... The Step-mother: A Tale - Seite 118von George Payne Rainsford James - 1846Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| George Payne Rainsford James - 1844 - 924 Seiten
...an English consul, as to bribe a British thief too high. Don't walk upon commons too late any more ; for your head, I think, must show you by this time...will believe me, " Your faithful servant, '• T. QUITTKI.T. " PS The clerk I send is a great scamp, co do not trust him with money. I keep him to look... | |
| George Payne R. James - 1846 - 1166 Seiten
...an English consul as to bribe a British thief too high. Don't walk upon commons too late any more ; for your head, I think, must show you by this time...you will believe me, " Your faithful servant, "T. QUATTERLT." " PS The clerk I send is a great scamp, so do not trust him with money. I keep him to look... | |
| Carl Julius Ploetz - 1850 - 244 Seiten
...unter einer Secfe. Opportunity makes the thief, ©elegentjeit madjt 2)iebe. The pitcher does not go so often to the well but it comes home broken at last, Ser ,Rrug getjt fo lange ju Staffer big er bridjt. When the pear is ripe it must fall, SBJenn bie SBirne... | |
| Carl Julius Ploetz - 1850 - 264 Seiten
...comme larrons en foire. Opportunity makes the thief, L'occasion fait le larron. The pitcher does not go so often to the well but it comes home broken at last, Tant va la cruche à l'eau qu'à la fin elle se brise. When the pear is ripe it must fall, Quand la... | |
| G. F. Burckhardt - 1853 - 366 Seiten
...beats the bush and another catches the bird. Of saving comes having. — Out of sight out of mind. A Pitcher never goes so often to the well, but it comes home broken at last. Pride goes before and shame follows after. Patch and long sit, build and soon flit. Patience is a flower... | |
| Agnes Strickland - 1860 - 386 Seiten
...money that is ill gotten, you understand, never seems to do any good. You know the saying too, ' The pitcher never goes so often to the well, but it comes home broken at last.' " CHAPTER II. YOUNG Harold and young Magnus, meantime, possessing good memories and quick wits, contrived... | |
| Alfred Henderson - 1869 - 526 Seiten
...SYR. — We may escape misfortune for a while, but the evil day will come. " The pitcher doth not go so often to the well, but it comes home broken at last." Quem di dittgunt, adolescens moritur. PLAUT. — He whom the gods love dies young. " The best go first,... | |
| Craufurd Tait Ramage - 1884 - 694 Seiten
...himself often to dangers. The man who has often escaped is at last caught. " The pitcher doth not go so often to the well, but it comes home broken at last." TO ROAST OF ONE'S PEDIGREE. He who boasts of his descent, praises what belongs to another. SAFETY IN... | |
| Craufurd Tait Ramage - 1884 - 690 Seiten
...himself often to dangers. The man who has often escaped is at last caught. " The pitcher doth not go so often to the well, but it comes home broken at last." TO ROAST OF ONE'S PEDIGREE. He who boasts of his descent, praises what belongs to another. SAFETY IIS... | |
| Alexander Smith - 2002 - 670 Seiten
...sterling ; which is far better than closing naughty money in an onion. But it is an old saying, The pitcher never goes so often to the well but it comes home broke at last ; for having followed this illegal practice about a year, he was caught and sent to a... | |
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