 | Thomas Fuller - 1732 - 320 sidor
...than break. 883 Better break your Word, than do worfe in keeping it. 884 Better buy than borrow. 885 Better come at the latter End of a Feaft, than the Beginning of a Fray. S86 Better cry phy Sak, than phy Stink. 887 Better cut the Shoe, than pinch the Foot, 888 Better die... | |
 | Zachary Grey - 1754 - 424 sidor
...fray, and beginning of a feaft, Fits a dull fighter, and a keen gueft.] Here the proverb is reverft. " Better come at the latter end of a feaft, " than the beginning of a fray." See Ray's Proverbs, entire fentences, p. 137. Mr. Philip Ma/enger, in the Ba/bful Lover, a£t 3. Plays,... | |
 | Andreas Berthelson - 1754 - 616 sidor
...Sub. klammerie, ßag imaal, traite. J To begin the fray, at begynde klammerie. Prov. Better to come to the latter end of a feaft than the beginning of a fray, bcdre at komme til ßutningen af et Maaltid, end til Ixg ynJf/Jttt of et klammerte. % 'Jo part the... | |
 | 1804 - 168 sidor
...but winning and lofing. Better to have a dog fawn on you than bite you. Better be envied than pitied. Better come at the latter end of a feaft, than the beginning of a fray. Better be the head of a dog, than the tail of a lion. Better Jo be idle, than not well occupied. Better... | |
 | William Camden, Thomas Moule, Mark Antony Lower - 1870 - 470 sidor
...no flefh at all. Better fpare at brim than at bottom. Better to be happy than wife. Better coming to the latter end of a feaft than the beginning of a fray. Better to bow than break. Better to rule than be ruled by the rout. Better unborn than untaught. Better... | |
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Better come at the latter End of a Feaft, than the Beginning of a Fray. 