g. The fox was sick, ancl he knew not where; he clapped his hand on his tail, and swore it was there. to. Many a true word is spoken in jest. 86. — Verbes irréguliers : 2e groupe (suite). i . Lock the stable door before the steed is stolen. 2. He that has been bitten by a serpent is afraid of a rope. 3. Gold must be beaten and a child scourged. 4. Go here away, go there away, quoth Madge Witworth, when she rode the mare in the tedder. 5. Do as you are bidden, and yott’ll never bear blâme. 6. Fling down the nest, and the rocks will be gone. 7. Every one’s faults are not written in their foreheads. 8. Broken sacks will hold no corn. g. He has fallen out from the frying pan into the firc. 10. You corne for wool but shall rcturn shorn yoursclf. 87. — Verbes irréguliers : 2e groupe (suite). 1. Happy is he whose friends were boni before him. 2. Long absent, soon forgotten. 3. A cake eaten in peace is worth two in trouble. 4. Anger is a stvorn enemy. 5. Though I am bitten. I am not ail eaten. 6. They bave begun a dispute, which the devil will not let them end. 7. Vows made in storms are forgotten in caims. 8. Maidens must be seen, not heard. 9. He that slays, shall be slain. 88. — Adverbes. 1. We easily forget our faults when nobody knows them. 2. He that goes softly, goes safely. 3. It is sooner said than done. 4. A great mark is soonest hit. 5. Misfortunes seldom corne alonc. 6. Poor indeed is he who thinks he never has enough. A good horse often wants a good spur. 8. A smiling boy seldom proves a good servant. 9. Barking dogs seldom bite. 10. He that always complains is never pitied.
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