FOR every evil under the sun, There is a remedy, or there is none. If there be one, try and find it; If there be none, never mind it. TOMMY 's tears, and Mary 's fears, Will make them old before their years. IF "ifs" and "ands" Were pots and pans, There... The Step-mother - Seite 97von George Payne Rainsford James - 1848Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| George Payne Rainsford James - 1845 - 426 Seiten
...doubt, and require his immediate committal to the county gaol. I am glad of the assistance of my lwo brother justices, but if they had not been present...work for the tinkers. How do you do, my dear Sir? — bow do you do? You seem to have had a pleasant time of it since we parted yesterday evening; but... | |
| 1865 - 590 Seiten
...fairest pictures we have looked on ? It is an old saying, and a sadly ludicrous one, too, that — . " If ' ifs' and ' ands' were pots and pans, There would be no trade for tinkers." and there is sad and sorry truth in the doggerel. The "ifs" and " ands" of life... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1868 - 174 Seiten
...' An it shall please you.' Doubtless ' and ' is used with this meaning in the rustic proverb : / ' If ' ifs ' and ' ands ' were pots and pans, There would be no work for tinkers.' 443. bold oat enemy. Monck Mason proposed to read ' hold out enmity.' but the phrase is analogous... | |
| Nursery rhymes - 1874 - 586 Seiten
...And he lives at Arlington. CXLVIII. [A laconic reply to a person who indulges much in supposition.] IF "ifs" and "ands" Were pots and pans, There would be no need for tinkers ! CXLIX. DOCTOR FAUSTUS was a good man, He whipped his scholars now and then ; When... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1880 - 166 Seiten
...4. 10: 'An it shall please you.' Doubtless 'and' is used with this meaning in the rustic proverb: ' If ' ifs ' and ' ands' were pots and pans, There would be no work for tinkers.' 443. hold out enemy. Monck Mason proposed to read ' hold out enmity.' but the phrase is analogous... | |
| Francis Orpen Morris - 1880 - 62 Seiten
...with. Surely, " The Force of Folly can no further go !" It reminds one of the old school-saying, " If ' ifs ' and ' ands ' were pots and pans, "There would be no work for tinkers' hands." Does the good man think that we are simpletons, to be befooled by such trifling as... | |
| Andrew Lang - 1897 - 300 Seiten
...York LITERAL SCHOLASTIC REAT A, little a, Bouncing B ! The cat's in the cupboard, And can't see me, IF ifs and ands, Were pots and pans, There would be no need for tinkers! TELL tale, tit ! Your tongue shall be slit. And all the dogs in the town Shall have... | |
| Marion Florence Lansing - 1907 - 200 Seiten
...mend!" IF wishes were horses, Beggars might ride; If turnips were watches, I 'd wear one on my side. And if " ifs " and " ands " Were pots and pans, There would be no use for tinkers. If all the world were apple pie, And all the sea were ink, And all the trees were... | |
| Burton Egbert Stevenson - 1915 - 568 Seiten
...the door after you, Never be chid. Seldom "can't," Seldom "don't;" Never "sha'n't," Never "won't." If "ifs" and "ands" were pots and pans, There would be no need for tinkers! A man of words and not of deeds, Is like a garden full of weeds; For when the weeds... | |
| Charles Madison Curry, Erle Elsworth Clippinger - 1921 - 720 Seiten
...to sell! Old clothes to sell ! Old clothes to sell ! " I never would cry, "Old clothes to sell!" 40 If "ifs" and "ands" Were pots and pans, There would be no need for tinkers! If wishes were horses, Beggars might ride ; If turnips were watches, I'd wear one... | |
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