 | James Caulfield - 1793 - 312 pagina’s
...ottomifed, and grin in a glafs cafe, you'll be hanged, anatomUed, and your Ikeleton kept in a glafs cafe. OVEN, a great mouth ; the old woman would never have looked for her daughter in the oven, had fhe not been there herfelf. OVERSEER, a man ftanding in the pillory, is from his elevated fituation,... | |
 | Francis Grose - 1811 - 244 pagina’s
...glass case: you'H he hanged, anatomised, and your .skeleton kept in a glass case at Surgeons' Hall. OVEN. A great mouth ; the old woman would never have...elevated situation, said to be made an overseer. OUT AT HELLS, OR OUT AT ELBOWS. In declining circum• stances. OUTRUN THI: CONSTABLE. A man who has lived... | |
 | 1817 - 336 pagina’s
...be hang'd when you are young. Young men may die, old men must. The old woman would never have look'd for her daughter in the oven, had she not been there herself. Se la madré non fosse mai slata nel forno, non vi cercarelibe la figlia. Jtal. The same to a word.... | |
 | John Ray - 1818 - 318 pagina’s
...be hang'd when you are young. Young men may die, old men must. The old woman would never have look'd for her daughter in the oven, had she not been there herself. Se la madre non fuñe mai stata nel forno, non vi cercarebbe la 6glia. Ital. The same to a word. An... | |
 | Francis Grose - 1823 - 342 pagina’s
...means, or income, is said to have outrun the constable. OUTS. A gentleman of three outs. See GENTLEMAN. OVEN. A great mouth ; the old woman would never have...daughter in the oven, had she not been there herself. OWL. (To catch the) A trick practised upon ignorant country boobies, who are decoyed into a barn under... | |
 | Francis Grose, Pierce Egan - 1823 - 342 pagina’s
...means, or income, is said to have outrun the constable. OUTS. A gentleman of three outs. See GENTLEMAN. OVEN. A great mouth ; the old woman would never have looked for tier daughter in the oven, had she not been there herself. OWL. (To catch the) A trick practised upon... | |
 | Georg von Gaal - 1830 - 346 pagina’s
...dem Ofen, wenn man nicht selbst dahintcr gesteckt hat. (1521) The old woman would never have look'd for her daughter in the oven, had she not been there herself. Qui fuit in furno , socium sibi quaerit in illo. Se la madre non fossc mai statanel forno, non vi cercarebbe... | |
 | Danske ordsprog - 1850 - 460 pagina’s
...(>v. s«»0 3el. ''Engínn leitar bak ofnsinS, sein par ei hefir veri'd ádr." (92.) ®. "The old wife would never have looked for her daughter in the oven, had she not been there herself." (Hay. 141.) (»tgelcbeê ©fotjï. Henderson. 37. 83.) @oib big iffe paa atiben SRanbê ЗЗсеШпд.... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - 1874 - 706 pagina’s
...you would acquaint Coll: Bradstreet I never do them things. There is an old Proverb in English, that the old woman would never have looked for her daughter in the oven,, if she had never been there herself. What went up under the name of Navy Rum, ("oil: Bradstreet, and... | |
 | 1875 - 214 pagina’s
...while it is tender. SDlan fud)t 9faemanben binter berSbur, wenn man md)t felbjt babinter geftecft bat, The old woman would never have looked for her daughter in the oven had she not been there herself. No one seeks another behind the door, unless he has been there himself. One judges of others by him... | |
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THE CONSTABLE. A man who has lived above his means, or income, is said to have outrun the constable. OUTS. A gentleman of three outs. 
