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. The weakest goes to the wall. . The sweetest wine makes the sharpest vinegar. . Near is my shirt but nearer is my skin. . Make not even the devil blacker than he is. . Contempt is the sharpest reproof. . It is a sad house where the hen crows louder than the cock. 28. — Adjectif. Comparatif et superlatif. i° Monosyllabes. . Lilies are whitest in a blackmoor’s hand. . Kindness is the noblest weapon to conquer with. . It is safer to hear and take counsel than go givc it. . Crows are never the whiter for washing themselves. . The biggest horses are not the best travellers. . The truest jests Sound worst in guilty cars. . The highest tree lias the greatest fa.ll. . Women in mischief are wiser than men. . What is freer than a gift ? 29. — Adjectif. Comparatif et Superlatif. 20 Polysyllabes. . There is nothing more precious than time and nothing more prodigally wasted. . The timid and the weak are the most revengeful. . The purest gold is the most ductile. . The love of the wicked is more dangerous than their hatred. CTlLn — U i: - O 'p CO-p p>Cp 4* W to - <p CC-^I C'.Cn 4- W 10 - O O 00^1 OTCn 4- . The coin most current is flattery. . The anger of a good inan is the hardest to bear. . Friendship is the most sacred of ail moral bounds. . Leave raillery when it is the more agreeable. 30. — Adjectif. Comparatif et superlatif. Polysyllabes. . The wholesomest méat is at another man’s cost. . The ox when weariest treads surest. . 77zi handsomest Ilower is not the sweetest. . Unbidden guest are weleomest when they are gone. . ’Tis easier know how to speak, than how to be silent. . The noisiest drum has nothing in it but air.