...twist Chanticleer's neck for it, till he could no more cry cock-a-doodle than a cork-screw ? If it be " well to be off with the old love, before you are on with the new," it is particularly a prudent principle with regard to old and new years. For example, had this work...

...is deepest, the grief is least profound. —DR. ISAAC BARROW. PROVERBIAL PHILOSOPHY. i. Is it " best to be off with the old love Before you are on with the new " ? 'Tis a story we've often been told, love — But I scarcely believe it : do you ? Suppose you were...

...likely to," I returned, haughtily. " There is some sensible advice in the old couplet, — 1 It's good to be off with the old love, Before you are on with the new.' " to ruffle me. O, if we could but be friends, patient, true, and tender ! For a moment I was tempted...

...leave him, " it is easy talking in that way to me, but I have somewhere heard an old song which says, ' It is well to be off with the old love before you are on with the new.' But since you wish it, I will try and VOL. III. I> turn my thoughts from you henceforth ; but I cannot...

...consideration of the self styled Democratic Convention : " It is good to be honest and true, It is good to be off with the old love, Before you are on with the new." Fellow Citizens : — I mean to treat, with becoming seriousness, this second Dorrite Convention and...

...performance. He had an ominous recollection of a rhyme that stated very distinctly that it is ; " best to be off with the old love before you are on with the new." He saw it was neces- , sary to bring matters to a crisis, and after some cogitation he saw his way...

...— " One love grows green as one grows grey." " As a rule, according to the old maxim, ' it is best to be off with the old love before you are on with the new.' You have been quick in securing a successor to — your affections, shall we say ? or call it by some...

...himself they would revert to the last scene with Annette. He muttered to himself, 'It's well to bo off with the old love before you are on with the new. I hope that is true ; but God knows what that woman will be up to.' He was even so soon beginning to...

...Letter Miss Latimer Patty's Fright Married Patience's Story Clouds . . The .Portrait The First Sitting " It is well to be off with the Old Love before you are on with the New" In which Paul " treats " Resolution Patty's Advisers At Roger Westropp's Mrs. Bright's Misgivings A...

...refer in such condescending terms. THE BLUE-BOOK FOR 1876. (Eighth Article.) ||S the old proverb says " It is well to be off with the old love before you are on with the new," we hasten to complete our notices of the Blue-book for 1876 before its successor for 1877 is issued....