| 1945 - 490 páginas
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| William Pulleyn - 1830 - 402 páginas
...the beggar on horseback !" was the charge given, and from whence originated the common saying, — " Put a beggar on horseback and he will ride to the devil !" HE IS GONE TO POT! A tailor of Sarmacand, living near the gate that led to the burying place, had,... | |
| Alexander Slidell- Mackenzie - 1836 - 722 páginas
...cause of the Pretender. Clapping spurs to his mule as he bade us adieu, he disappeared at a gallop. Put a beggar on horseback, and he will ride to the devil ; at least, so says the proverb ; and a friar on a mule, if he had half the spirit of my Carmelite... | |
| Alexander Slidell Mackenzie - 1836 - 368 páginas
...cause of the Pretender. Clapping spurs to his mule as he bade us adieu, he disappeared at a gallop. Put a beggar on horseback, and he will ride to the devil ; at least, so says the proverb ; and a friar on a mule, if he had half the spirit of my Carmelite... | |
| Alexander Slidell Mackenzie - 1836 - 400 páginas
...cause of the Pretender. Clapping spurs to his mule as he bade us adieu, he disappeared at a gallop. Put a beggar on horseback, and he will ride to the devil ; at least, so says the proverb ; and a friar on a mule, if he had half the spirit of my Carmelite... | |
| Thomas Miller - 1840 - 908 páginas
...meal, the host offered to provide them with horses; but to this Gilbert wisely objected, adding, " Put a beggar on horseback, and he will ride to the devil ; we must speed on as we best can." They set off on their journey again, and passed the horsemen who... | |
| Willis Gaylord Clark - 1844 - 486 páginas
...their auricular apprehension, equal to those who repudiate vocal incomes by adverse inclination. OR. Put a beggar on horseback, and he will ride to the deviL IMP. Establish a mendicant on the uppermost section of a charger, and he will transport himself to... | |
| Levi Carroll Judson - 1846 - 334 páginas
...should exercise it. The man who perpetrated the following saying, must have had such a scorner in view. Put a beggar on horseback and he will ride to the devil. A great fault on this point is too prevalent among some parents. They make scorners of their children,... | |
| Levi Carroll Judson - 1848 - 364 páginas
...should exercise it. The man who perpetrated the following saying, must have had such a scorner in view. Put a beggar on horseback and he will ride to the devil. A great fault on this point is too prevalent among some parents. They make scorners of their children,... | |
| Samuel Maunder - 1853 - 478 páginas
...Put the beggar on horseback!" was the charge given, and whence originated the common saying, — " Put a beggar on horseback, and he will ride to the devil !" GRINNING LIKE A CHESHIRE CAT. This phrase owes its origin to the unhappy attempts of a sign painter... | |
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