23. — Adjectif : il est invariable. 1. Make theyoung ones warble and you will catch the old one. 2. Six feet of earth make al! men equal. 3. The blind eat many a fly. 4. The great and the little hâve need of one another. 5. The tongue of idle persons is never idle. 6. The wise and the foot hâve their fellows. 7................... 8. Who pardons the bad, injures the good. 9................... 10. If you mock the lame, you will go so yourself in time. 24. — Adjectif : se place avant le nom. Exceptions. 1. The head grey and no brains yet. 2. Little dogs start the hare, but great ones catch it. 3. The devil is a busy bishop in his own diocese. 4. The servant, to save one step, goes eight. 5. You hâve always a ready mouth for a ripe cherry. 6. Youth and white paper take any impression. 7. Hard fare makes hungry bellies. 8. Good neighbours and good friends are two things. 9. Empty hands allure no hawks. 10. Children hâve wide ears and long tongues. 25. — Adjectif : comparatif d’égalité. 1. She is as quiet as a wasp in one’s nose. 2. None so blind as those who won’t see; noue so deaf as those who won’t hear. 3. It is as natural to die as to be born. 4. Hope is as cheap as despair. 5. A lamb is as dear to a poor man as an ox to the rich. 6. He looks as angry as if he were vexed. 7. As honest a man as ever broke the bread. 8. As tall as May-Pole. 9. A little stream may quench thirst as well as a great river, io. As true as the dial to the sun. 26. — Adjectif. Comparatif et superlatif. i° Monosyllabes. 1. Where the river is deepest, it runs quietest. 2. What greater crime than loss of time ? 3. What is bought, is cheaper than a gift.
