← A dictionary of English proverbs and proverbial phrases
Chapter 25
Index of Principal Words
Z
1878. Zeal. Zeal without knowledge is fire without light.
1879. Zeal. Zeal without knowledge is frenzy.
1880. Zeal. Zeal without knowledge is the sister of folly.
The Subject Words of the Dictionary are not repeated here.
Word No.
A
Ability—gentility
Abroad—beef
Abundance—money 1099
Accuser
Acorn—October 1167
Acquittance
Acquaintances
Actions 1282
Actions for men 1837
Advantage
Adversity—friends
Adversity tries 1301
Affairs—others 1305
Affairs of men 1616
Afraid—cowardice
Afternoon—fair 1104
Age—rueful 1342
Age—save 1390
Age—youth 1874
Agrees worse 1302
Air—castles
Alloy—joy
Almanacks
Alone—better
Amends—angry
Angry man
Another's table 1577
Answer—fool
Appetite
Apple—rotten 1372
April—rainy 1052
Architect
Argument—fact
Argument—wager 1709
Arm—bone in
Armour—hog
Ash
Asleep—sorrow 1475
Ass—head
Ass—mere 1403
Ass—ride 1361
Autumn
B
Bachelors 1039
Back—the
Bacon—father's
Bad clothes—truth 1673
Bad company
Bad excuse
Bad sack 1378
Baggage—riches 1360
Bait—fishes' mouth
Bait—wind 1783
Bake—brew
Bankrupt—beggar
Bare—spare 1483
Barefoot
Bargain—bad
Bark at—thieves 1594
Barks—old dog 1175
Barley—St. David's 1382
Barrel—knock
Bartholomew—St.
Basket—one
Bat—blind
Battle—afraid
Battle—colours
Battle—hard
Beast—nature 1133
Beauty—fancy
Bed—early to
Bed—supperless 1562
Bed-fellows
Bed-fellows—poverty 1279
Beef—buys
Bees—turned 1679
Beg—poor 1358
Beggar—quarrel 1322
Beggars—bite 1810
Beggars—eat birds 1808
Beggars—ride 1809
Beggars—wishes 1807
Beggar's purse 1302
Beggary
Bellows—windmill 1791
Besom—sweep 1570
Best day—Wednesday 1094
Better—good
Bide—wishes 1809
Bill—bites
Bind—fast
Bind—sure 1564
Bird—best 1211
Birdcall
Bird—catch 1386
Bird—early
Bird—fairest
Bird—old
Bird—roost 1366
Bird—sing 1442
Birds—little
Birds of prey 1291
Bite—bark
Bite best—fish 1784
Bite—beggars 1810
Bite—fish 1782
Bite—own dog 1203
Biters—barkers
Bitter—sweet
Bitter thing 1535
Blackamore 1722
Blackberries 1262
Blame—bidden
Blame—pity 1251
Blamed—truth 1674
Blessing—God 1693
Blind—will 1773
Blind horse—mettle 1074
Blind horse—wink 1799
Blind—love 1001
Blossom—timely 1627
Blow—felled 1165
Blow—first
Blow—second 1410
Blows—unkind 1838
Blows—wind 1787
Boast—great
Body—think 1598
Bond—honest man's 1832
Bone—bred
Bone—tongue 1636
Bones—buys
Book—author
Books—years 1867
Born—stable 1514
Born—wept 1754
Borrow—contented
Borrowing 1477
Bosom—snake 1462
Bottle—milk 1076
Bottom—bare 1483
Bottom—fish
Bottom—spare 1484
Bottom—tub
Bought wit 1812
Brain—idle
Brains—mob 1091
Branch—roost 1366
Brave—the
Bray—vicar of 1703
Bread—buttered
Bread—dry
Bread, no
Bread—eaten
Bread—snow
Breakfast
Breath—mother's 1112
Bride—sun
Brim—spare 1484
Broken at last 1250
Broken—promises 1299
Broken staff 1667
Broom—furze
Broth—cooks 1506
Brusher's—critics
Bud—nip 1150
Build—flit 1213
Build houses
Build—pull down 1310
Built—Rome 1369
Bung-holes 1393
Buried—rich 1140
Burneth—gown
Bush—beats
Bush—bird
Bush—wine 1795
Bushel—corn 1058
Business
Butter—cheese 1075
Butter—parsnips 1465
Butter-cakes 1810
Buttock
Buy—houses
Buyers—wool 1831
C
Cable—mouse 1620
Cake—good
Calendar
Calends
Calf—bad
Calm—storm 1540
Calm sea—pilot 1244
Calms—vows 1708
Calves—fat
Camel's back
Camels—gnats
Candle—devil
Candle-stick
Candle—sport 1509
Candlemas—wind 1785
Care—coin
Care—court
Care—goods
Care—kill
Care—sings 1444
Cares—children
Cart—creaks
Cart-wheel 1857
Castle—house
Cat—care
Cat—fair words 1842
Cat—mercy 1067
Cat—old 1173
Cat—scalded 1401
Cats—muffled 1123
Catch bird 1386
Caught—thief 1592
Certainty
Chance—main
Change mind 1083
Change of weather 1741
Chapel of devotion
Chastening
Cheap—pity 1251
Cheapest—best
Cheeriman—Doctor 1240
Cheese—butter 1075
Cheese—chalk
Chickens—count
Chickens—crumbs
Chickens—curses
Chickens—picking
Child—nurse
Child—train
Children—devil's 1013
Children—maid's
Children—twice 1182
Chimneys 1466
Chin—swim 1572
Chip—stock 1533
Choice—the
Choosers—beggars
Christened
Churchyard—fat
Churchyard—May
City—pity 1252
Civility 1117
Clasp—one hand 1189
Clay—St. David's 1382
Clergy—wit 1114
Clerk—clock
Cloak—religion 1350
Cloth—ale
Cloth—coat
Clothes—critics
Cloud—pryeth 1306
Clouting—sack 1378
Clown—doctor
Clown—title 1628
Coat—gay
Cock—crows
Cock's stride 1680
Coin—own 1217
Cold—soon 1468
Cold water—words 1844
Colour—horse
Colours—treatise
Colt—ragged 1328
Companion—pocket 1229
Companions 1372
Company—bad
Company—fit
Comfort
Comforts
Common life 1304
Complain—workmen 1849
Confession
Confidence 1311
Confine—tongue 1634
Conjure down 1335
Conquer—kindness
Conscience—clear
Conscience—guilty
Conscience—stomach 1536
Constant dropping 1739
Contempt
Contention 1578
Cook—lazy
Cooks—broth 1506
Cooks—devil
Cook-shop 1520
Cool—good words 1844
Corn—April
Corn—buy
Corn—May 1053
Corn—measure 1058
Corn-bin
Corpse—rain
Cottages—love 1003
Cough—dry
Cough—hid
Cough—love 1008
Counsel—fool
Counsel—glass
Counsel—good
Counsellor—best 1243
Country—rich 1365
Courage
Courts—love 1003
Cow gives water
Cow—keep 1076
Cow—kissed
Cow—sell
Cow's horn
Cozen—cousin
Craft's master 1043
Craves
Crosses—Thursday 1094
Crown
Crows—cock 1174
Crows—hen
Cruel—cowards
Crumb—musician 1127
Crust—cat
Cry—never 1531
Cure—care
Cure—prevention 1290
Cut—nose 1503
Cuts—short 1431
Cuts—tongue 1637
D
Daintiness
Dance—chance
Danger—debt
Dangerous—delays
Dark night
Daughter—little
Daughter—son 1467
Day—longest
Daylight—truth 1671
Dead—speak 1488
Dear—wit 1816
Dearth—wet
Death—cough
Death—taxes
Death's blossoms
Death's feast—war 1715
Debt—sorrow 1471
Debt—supperless 1562
Deceit—brimmer
Deceit—smooth 1353
December—thunder 1613
Deed—better
Deed—will 1771
Deeds—words
Deeds—words 1833
Delays—desires
Depth—out of
Depth—out of 1573
Deserve—success 1556
Desire—deserve
Despair—hope
Desperate cures
Devil—chapel
Devil—colours
Devil—cooks
Devil—horseback
Devil—imp 1580
Devil—knife
Devil—quote 1327
Devil—truth 1672
Devil's chaplain 1716
Devil's delight
Devil's luck 1013
Devotion—short
Die—love 1006
Diet—Doctor 1240
Digests—cheese
Dines late 1577
Dinner—waits 1711
Discretion—valour 1697
Disparagement
Dispraise 1282
Distress—company
Divine—forgive
Doctor—death
Doctor—pay
Doctor—truth 1675
Dog—bone
Dog—Brag , ,
Dog—foremost
Dog—hanging 1732
Dog—hare
Dog—keep
Dog—killing
Dog—living
Dog—sleeping 1451
Dogs—dainty
Dogs—little
Dog's tooth 1668
Doing—saying 1396
Donkey's gallop 1433
Door—poverty 1277
Doors—housekeeper
Dowry—great
Drawer's—wine 1794
Dream—courtship
Drink—ale
Drink by measure
Drink—eat
Drink—horse
Drinking—appetite
Drive—plough 1265
Drive—women 1349
Dropping—constant
Drowned—born
Drowned—wilful 1769
Drowned—wine 1792
Dry—ever
Dry—well 1729
Due—devil
Dull boy 1257
Dunghill
Dust—bushel 1029
E
Eagles—carcase
Eagle's eye—surgeon 1565
Ease—honour
Ease—itch
Ease—sufferance 1558
East—rain 1329
East—too far 1644
East wind—fish 1782
East wind—man 1786
Easter—white
Easter day 1330
Easy chair—frugality
Ebb—tide 1617
Eel—hide
Eel—sack
Eggs—reason 1339
Eggs—sluts
Egg-shell—wit 1813
Elbow-grease
Ell—inch
End—day
Ends—both
End well
Enemy—faults
Enemy—shoots 1428
Enemy—wine 1797
England—famine
Englishman—house
Englishman—mist 1406
Enough—ask
Enough—word 1839
Escutcheon
Estate—trade 1647
Evasions—crafty
Evening—red
Evenings—clear
Everything—place 1254
Evil—bear
Evil—good
Evil name
Evil—old age 1171
Evil—root
Exception—rule 1374
Experience—caution
Extravagance 1492
Eye—picture, mind 1081
Eyes—fields
Eyes—hedges
F
Face—painting 1061
Face—wind 1504
Faces—fair
Faces—two 1683
Fair day—praise 1284
Fairest rose 1371
Fair lady
Fair weather 1332
Faith—tale-bearers 1579
Fall—pride 1293
Fall—sit still 1445
Fall—standing 1517
Fast bind
Fast-day
Fast—St. Stephen 1383
Fasting
Father—children
Father—like
Fat—windfalls 1790
Fault—amends
Fault-menders
Fault—woo 1827
Faults—search 1707
Favour—kissing
Fear—cruelty
Feast—enough
Feather—birds of a
Feathers—fine
Feet—light 1775
Feet—slip 1452
Feet—warm 1721
Feet—wet
Fellowship 1278
Fiction—truth 1670
Fiddle
Fiddlers—sing 1443
Fifer—pay
Fifer play—fiddle
Fight—flourish
Fighting 1208
Filth—pools 1518
Find—seek 1413
Find—sure 1564
Fingers—thorns 1606
Fire—burnt child
Fire—frying-pan
Fire—hot
Fire—house 1144
Fire—quench 1323
Fire—ships 1425
Fire—slow 1021
Fire—smoke 1461
Fire—sticks 1526
Fire—zeal 1878
Fires—straight
Firmness
First—be not 1146
First sight
Five pounds 1320
Five—up at
Fish—all 1145
Fish—bite 1782
Fish bite best 1784
Fish—cat
Fish—small—venture 1700
Fish—small 1458
Fish—troubled waters 1660
Fishes—mute 1129
Fishing—best
Flail—November 1161
Flatter
Flattereth
Fleas—catching
Flies—hungry
Flies—large
Flies—law
Flint—coldest
Flock—infects 1399
Flood—fortune 1616
Flour—fancy
Flower—patience 1214
Flowers—May
Flowers in May 1746
Fodder—barley
Fodder—morning 1196
Folk—poor, pottage 1269
Folk—poor 1268
Folly—wealth 1736
Folly—wisdom 1804
Folly—wit is 1815
Folly—zeal 1880
Fool—beggar
Fool—bet
Fool—demands 1119
Fool—fifteen 1022
Fool—land
Fool—money 1100
Fool overtakes 1201
Fool—play 1258
Fool—scholar 1042
Fool's argument 1709
Fools—feasts
Fools—fiddlers 1443
Fools—harms
Fools—market 1032
Fools—merry
Fools—mistress
Fools—old 1178
Fools—tie
Fools—truth
Fools—wise 1702
Foot—bare
Foot—shoe 1426
Forbear
Forearmed
Forehead—mind 1081
Forelock—time 1619
Foresee—hazards
Forget—apt to 1298
Forget—forego
Forget—forgive
Forget wrong 1356
Forgotten—seen 1414
Forgotten vows 1708
Fortune—face
Fortune—good
Fortunes—manners 1025
Fortune—riches 1360
Fortune—pipes
Fortune—tide 1616
Fortune—wife 1761
Foul heart
Four pounds 1320
Fox—grapes 1479
Foxes—old 1179
Fray—blow 1410
Free—spend 1496
Free—thoughts 1608
Frenzy—zeal 1879
Friday—losses 1094
Friday—Sunday
Friday—sing
Friend—court
Friend—faults
Friend—in need 1138
Friend—jest
Friend—leave 1018
Friend—lend
Friend—trifle 1658
Friend—try 1676
Friend—wine 1797
Friends—adversity
Friends—few
Friends—long 1345
Friends—old 1180
Friends—packing
Friends—poverty 1274
Friends—prosperity 1301
Friends—purse
Friends—store
Friends—trade 1649
Friendship—window 1277
Frost—hail
Frost—work 1848
Frosts—May 1089
Frugality
Fruit—flowers
Fruit—forbidden
Fruit—September 1418
Fruit—tree 1654
G
Gain—little 1205
Gain—pain 1204
Gamesters 1516
Gander—sauce 1388
Garments
Garner—dearth
Gate—creaking
Gate—stile 1527
Gent—title 1628
Gentleman—coat
Gentleness—wife
Giblets—alms
Gladness—sadness 1381
Go—send
God—blessing 1693
God—charity
God—church
God—church
God—flax
God—for all
God—friend
God—healeth
God—inches
God—rich 1358
God—spender 1497
God—tempers 1430
God—trust in 1666
God disposes 1023
God will send 1495
Gold—balance
Gold—butter
Gold—fetters
Gold—glitters
Gold—lead
Gold—spins
Goodness—idleness
Goods—care
Goose—alms
Goose—barefoot 1745
Goose—lay 1695
Goose—sauce 1388
Goose—woman 1033
Govern—thinkers 1600
Grandeur—utility 1694
Grapes—fox 1479
Grass—rain 1330
Grave—sleeping 1450
Grave—teeth 1586
Gravity—words 1836
Grief—time 1623
Griefs—marriage 1035
Grin—bachelors
Grinds—lower millstone 1079
Groat a year 1247
Groat—penny 1227
Groat—threepence 1610
Ground—stools 1538
H
Hadland—title 1628
Hair—split 1505
Half done
Half of world 1850
Hand—bird
Hand—left 1362
Hands—master's 1049
Hands—pair
Hand to hand 1373
Handmaid of virtue 1093
Hang—thief 1591
Hanged—almost
Hanged—drowned
Hanged—half
Hanging—destiny
Hanging—dog 1732
Hardest work 1157
Hard upon hard 1537
Hare—breakfast
Hare—dog
Hare—run
Harm—music 1126
Harm—silence 1437
Harmony—sweetest
Harvest—August
Harvest—good
Haste—marry 1038
Haste—waste 1547
Hat—head
Hat—two faces 1683
Hatch—own egg
Hatched—chickens
Hatchet—tree falls
Hawk—hand-saw
Hay—April
Hay, corn and 1053
Hay—Easter 1330
Hay—load
Hay—needle 1139
Hay—doomsday
Hazards
Head—warm 1721
Head—wax 1730
Heads—two 1684
Heads differ
Heal—thyself 1239
Heal—wounds 1859
Health—mother of 1276
Health—Tuesday 1094
Health—wealth 1764
Hearsays
Heart—burst
Heart—grieve
Heart, mother's 1113
Heart—break
Heart—merry 1068
Heart—rues
Heart sick
Hearts ache
Hearts—true
Heat, work in 1848
Heaven—ladders
Heaven—lawyers
Heaven—marriages 1036
Heaven—time 1409
Heaven's gate
Hedge—neighbour 1141
Hedge—steal 1523
Heir—land
Hell—paved
Hen—moult
Hen crows
Highway—grass
Hill—valley 1696
Hills—clouds
Hind—bier
Hinges—gate
Hog—October 1167
Hold—plough 1265
Holdfast
Hold fast nothing 1645
Home—charity
Home—fool 1258
Home—muddles 1122
Home—wife
Home—wife—cheat 1760
Homer 1152
Honest—just
Honest—thunder 1614
Honest man
Honest man's word 1832
Honesty—age
Honesty—best
Honesty—craft 1046
Honey—bees
Honeycomb 1535
Honourable—old age
Hope—certainty
Hope—life
Horn—April
Horn—pig's tail 1242
Hornets—laws
Horse—blind 1799
Horse—born 1514
Horse—colt 1328
Horse—gift
Horse—passion 1212
Horse—steal 1523
Horse—stumbles 1553
Horse—tail
Horse—thinks 1599
Horse—want of 1713
Horse—willing 1777
Horseback—agues
Horseback—beggars
Horse-manger
Horse's heel 1668
Horses—wishes 1807
Host—guest
Host—reckons 1343
Hot—love 1009
Hot—soon—cold 1468
Hot—soon—pot 1272
Hot—strike 1548
Hounds
Hour—lose 1108
Hour's sleep 1449
House—fine 1144
House—thatched 1590
House—well-ordered 1752
Houses—women
Human—err
Humble—noble 1151
Hunger—work 1848
Hungry—sweet 1535
Hunters—horn
Hunting—trouble 1714
Hurt—afraid
Hurt—cry
Hurt—healed
Husband—good 1763
Husbands—roam 1122
I
Ill—do 1155
Ill—doing 1160
Ill fortune 1034
Ill-luck 1014
Ill-taught 1691
Ill wed
Ill words—wounds 1859
Imp—devil 1580
Impression—youth 1875
Inheritance
Ink and pen 1225
Inscription
Instinct—woman's
Invention 1136
Iron—strike 1548
Iron Age
J
Jack of all trades 1651
Jack—play 1257
James—Saint
Janiveer—grass
Jest—true word 1663
Jest not
Jewel—woman
Jill—Jack
Job—patient 1216
Job—poor 1267
Joys 1035
July—bees
June—corn
June—dripping
June—weather
Justice—clerk
K
Kernel
Kettle—black 1273
Keys of the year
Kill—dog 1732
Kindred—poor 1268
Kindred—trade 1649
King—cat
King's guard 1554
King's horses
King's ransom 1029
Kingdom
Kisses—stolen 1534
Kitchen—dinner
Kitchen—fat
Kitten—laps 1173
Knife—devil
Knight—strongest
Knowledge—decreaseth
Knowledge—folly 1880
Knowledge—frenzy 1879
Knowledge—zeal 1878
L
Labour—seek 1413
Lack—love 1000
Lad—unhappy 1687
Ladder—crosses
Ladders—step
Lade—nutshell 1164
Ladle—sceptre 1402
Lady's hand—surgeon 1565
Lamb—hung
Land—money 1286
Land—little
Lands—words 1834
Lane—long
Larks—lovers 1010
Last—cobbler
Last, be not 1146
Laugh—hearts ache
Law—costly
Law—necessity 1134
Law—possession 1271
Law—trouble 1714
Laws—lords
Law breakers
Lawyer—hide
Lawyer—truth 1675
Lawyer—young
Lazy—long
Lead—balance
Lead—butter
Lead—gold
Leaf—grave
Lean—sorrow 1472
Leap—look
Leaves—tree 1654
Leeks—lovers 1010
Leisure
Lenders—bad 1498
Lent—salmon 1385
Liberty—marries 1037
Lie, many a
Life—quiet 1326
Lifeguard, king's 1554
Life—end 1499
Light—zeal 1878
Light heart 1319
Light suppers 1563
Light work 1026
Lightning—wit 1811
Liking—life
Link—think 1598
Lion, dead
Lion, dead—dog
Lion's heart—surgeon 1565
Liquors—weak
Little and little 1460
Little—loud
Little strokes 1549
Live, eat to
Lives, nine
Lives on wit 1817
Load—willing horse 1777
Lock—gold
Loft—fruit 1418
Logs
London—news
Long lives—suppers 1563
Longest—short cuts 1431
Lordship
Lose—substance 1420
Lose all
Lose last 1780
Losses—Friday 1094
Lost—occasion 1166
Lost all 1121
Loud—little
Love—faith
Love—lordship
Love—quietness 1325
Love rules 1375
Love—self 1416
Love, subjects' 1554
Loves—dearly 1235
Loves not 1491
Luck, ill
Luck—Saturday 1094
Lurch—friend 1018
M
Madness
Mahomet 1116
Maid—children
Maid—honest
Maids—dun 1027
Maladies—much 1059
Man—head
Manners—good
Manners—meat 1060
March—April
March—bridge
March—frosts
March—mists 1089
March—windy 1052
March grass
Mare to go 1102
Market—fool 1258
Market—rate 1030
Married—needy 1140
Married, newly 1766
Marries—son
Marry—bad 1040
Marry—match 1044
Master—fire
Master—marry 1044
Master—purse 1314
Master—trades 1651
Master-blow 1354
Master-craft
Master-craft 1046
Masters, good 1419
Master's—wine 1794
Maxim—good
May and April
May—beautiful 1052
May—bees
May—cold 1053
May—corn
May—frosts
May—frosts—mists 1089
May—hot
May—marry 1040
May—merry 1073
May—shear 1423
May—sows 1481
May—sun 1027
May—weather
May—welcome 1746
May—wind 1785
May flood
May flowers
Meal—little
Meal—mill 1077
Measure—strife 1546
Meat—ale
Meat—best
Meat—cooks
Meat—merry 1070
Meat—mouths 1118
Meat—quick 1324
Meat—sweet 1389
Meddling
Meet—old friends 1180
Memories
Memory—liar
Memory—wolves 1821
Men, old
Men—reins 1349
Mend—worst 1856
Mice—cat's away
Mice—catch
Mile—miss 1088
Mill—grind
Mills—clouds
Mind—picture 1081
Mind—sight 1436
Mind—speech 1493
Mind—think 1598
Mind—wit 1811
Minds, little—soured
Minds—little things
Minds—light 1459
Minister—hide
Minute too late 1641
Misfortune—watch 1725
Mist—Scotch 1406
Mole
Mole-hill 1115
Monday—Christmas
Money buys land 1834
Money—land 1286
Money—ready 1336
Money—spots 1511
Money—trade 1650
Monk—devil
More—much 1121
Moon
Morning, bit in the
Morning—cloudy
Morning, cloudy—moon 1104
Morning—fodder 1196
Morning—grey
Morning—law
Morning—study 1550
Mornings—cloudy
Mortals—success 1556
Moss—stone 1367
Mote—self-love 1416
Mother—daughter
Mother—little
Mother—necessity 1136
Mother—poverty 1454
Mother of money 1650
Mother's blessing
Mouse—cable 1620
Mouse—cat sees
Mouse—cat winketh
Mouse—drowned
Mouse—one hole 1190
Mouse—plough 1263
Mouth—close
Mouth—fishes'
Mouth—melt
Mouth—spoon 1441
Mow—early
Muck—riches 1359
Mud—beans
Mud—clear
Mushroom
N
Nag
Nail—door
Nail—second
Nail—want of 1713
Name, good—life 1132
Name, good—riches 1130
Neighbour—evil
Nest—defile
Nettle—dock
Newcastle
News—country
Night—good
Night—law
Night—stumble 1551
Nine days' wonder 1826
Ninepence 1149
Nine points 1271
Nineteen—twenty 1681
No—woman's 1868
Nod—wink 1799
Noland—title 1628
Note—music 1127
Nothing—cheese
Nothing—children
Nothing—promise 1296
North—wind 1781
Nose—off 1503
Nothing—venture 1699
Nut—crack
Nut—sound 1478
Nuts—sluts
O
Oak
Oaks—great 1549
Oats
Oats—St. David's 1382
Oats—wild 1767
Obey
Office—Jack
Oil, in fire 1323
Old—learn
Old—long 1870
Old—needy
Old—spare 1485
Old age
Old block
Old men—woo 1827
Old praise 1285
Old saws 1040
Old sore 1185
Old tree 1351
Old wife 1137
Old wine 1181
Old young 1870
Order 1347
Ornament—silence 1439
Ounce—mischief 1086
"Our Father"
Overcome
Owl—lantern
Ox—drink
Ox—steal 1521
Oxen—plough 1264
P
Pack—own 1224
Pack—small 1223
Padlock—wedlock 1743
Pain—pride 1292
Pains—gains
Pains—idle
Pains—lazy folk
Paint—faces
Painting—face 1061
Pair—couple
Paradise
Pardons—offender 1169
Parleys—valour 1698
Parsnips—fair words 1841
Parsnips—soft words 1465
Passions—absence
Pasture—change of
Pater-noster—churches
Path—puddle 1307
Patrimony—diligence
Paul—Peter 1238
Pause—bargain
Pay—sorrow 1471
Pay—too dear 1756
Pay—Yorkshire 1869
Peace—war 1717
Peace—wisdom 1802
Peas—like
Peasant—wretch 1863
Peck—of ashes
Pence—care of
Penny—companion
Penny—for friend
Penny—shilling 1500
Perform—quick 1297
Peter—Paul 1238
Philosopher's stone
Physic—ague
Physic—plague
Physic—temperance 1587
Physician—defy
Physician—fool
Physician—hide
Physician—thanks
Picture—speech 1493
Pie-crusts 1299
Pig—child's
Pig's tail—horn 1242
Pilot—calm sea
Pin—steal 1522
Pinch—friend 1337
Pinches—shoe 1427
Pitchers—ears
Pitied—envied
Place—sit in 1253
Places—two 1685
Plaister—patience 1215
Plant—removed 1352
Play—cards
Pleasure—tax
Pleasure—woo 1827
Plentiful—pity 1251
Plenty—peace 1802
Poison—weed
Poke—pig
Policy—honesty
Poor—beg 1358
Poor—giving to
Poor—honour
Poor man's table 1576
Pope—would be 1270
Pot—ladle
Pot—watched 1727
Pottage—other's 1400
Pottage—poor 1269
Pottage—prettiness 1288
Pottage—sluts 1457
Pottle—hay 1139
Pound foolish 1232
Pound—in for 1230
Pound—mischief 1086
Pounds—care of
Pounds—pence 1226
Pours—rains 1334
Poverty—debt
Poverty—sloth 1454
Powder—trust 1666
Power—knowledge
Praise—self 1417
Precept—example
Prickles—thistles 1601
Pride—ingratitude
Prince—sword 1575
Prince—wretch 1863
Privilege—folly 1736
Prize—wife 1765
Profit—pains 1206
Promises—pity 1251
Prosperity—friends
Prosperity—gold
Proud—black and
Proud—cock
Provender—carry
Provident—harvests
Puddings—dirty
Pudding—end
Pudding—proof 1300
Pulse—world's 1854
Purse—ask thy
Purse—courtesy
Purse—empty
Purse—fills 1170
Purse—heavy
Purse—little
Purse—no money 1103
Purse—penny 1228
Q
Quarrels—tools 1642
Quart—neighbour 1142
Quick—markets 1718
Quick—perform 1297
Quiet—Doctor 1240
R
R—oysters 1202
Rain—Candlemas
Rain—corpse
Raven—starling
Reason—bluster
Reason—will 1773
Reasoning—man's
Rebellion—oppression 1194
Reckoning—feast
Reckonings—short 1432
Repent—marry 1038
Repent—trust 1665
Repentance—late
Rest—rain 1331
Revenge—best
Reversion—kingdom
Reward—desert
Ribs—birchen twigs
Rich—adversity
Rich—die 1266
Rich—fifty
Rich—lucky 1015
Rich—shame
Riches—children
Riches—name 1130
Rider—lost 1713
Rider—time 1625
Right—two wrongs 1864
Rise—early to
Rise at five 1612
Road—companion
Roast—small
Roast beef
Roasting—eggs 1339
Robbery—exchange
Robs Peter 1238
Rock—ruled by 1370
Rogues—laws
Rolling stone 1367
Roost—curses
Roots—crooked 1543
Rope enough 1591
Ropes—sand 1387
Rose—thorn 1603
Roses—thorns 1605
Ruins—youth 1099
Ruins of folly 1804
Rules—woman 1348
Runs—stumbles 1551
Rushes—good words
S
Saddle—colt
Sail—Friday
Sail—sea 1407
Salt—advice
Salt of life
Sands—words 1834
Satins—kitchen
Saturday—no luck 1094
Saturday—wife 1759
Sauce—hunger
Save—spend 1494
Save—youth 1874
Saved—penny 1231
Saving—alchemy
Sawyers—top 1646
Sayings—thrifty 1611
Scarce—good men 1188
Scholar—mere 1403
Scholar—fool 1042
Scripture—quote 1327
Sea—calm
Sea—fish
Sea—lade 1164
Sea—luck 1012
Sea—pray 1287
Second nature 1692
Second thoughts 1607
Seed, good
Seen—seldom 1414
Send—go
Send—sigh 1435
Sermon—salmon 1385
Servants, good 1419
Seven—rise at 1612
Seven years
Shadow—crooked
Shadow—light
Shadow—sunshine 1561
Shame—devil 1672
Shame—pride 1294
Shave—hand-saw
Shaven—bald head
Sheep—buy
Sheep—hung
Sheep—scabbed 1399
Sheep—shear 1423
Sheep—shorn 1430
Shells—eggs
Shilling—slow 1149
Shilling—spends 1500
Ship—crazy
Ship—great
Ship—leak
Ship—own
Ship—sail 1384
Ship—stocks
Ship—tar 1507
Ships—November 1161
Shipwreck—complain
Shirt, ragged 1256
Shoe, finest 1426
Shoe fits
Shoe pinches 1248
Shoe, want of 1713
Shot—bolt
Shovel—silver
Shower—drops
Sick—devil
Sickness—devotion
Silent—man 1528
Silent—speak 1487
Silver—butter
Silver lining—cloud
Silver—white 1440
Sing—birds 1291
Sing—can
Sing—say 1395
Sings—Friday
Sin, none without 1312
Sin—sorrow 1473
Sink—leak
Sit—awhile
Sit—lowly 1011
Sit still 1445
Skin deep—beauty
Slander—confession
Slave—secret 1411
Sleep on it 1243
Sloe-tree—barley
Sloth—harms
Sloven 1457
Slow—promise 1297
Sluts, eat after
Smack—pepper 1233
Smell—kitchen
Snow—bread
Snow—lies
Snow—water
Soberness—conceals
Soft answer 1861
Soft upon soft 1537
Solomon—wife 1765
Son—like
Son—marries
Sore eye—elbow
Sore—store 1541
Sores—patience 1215
Sorrow—joy
Sorrow—lies
Sorrow—mirth 1084
Sorrow—time 1624
Sorrows—less
Soul—cleansed
Souls—large
Sour—sauce
Sour—sweet 1571
Sow—wrong 1865
Sow's ear—purse 1315
Spain—wine
Spaniel—beaten
Speak little 1597
Speak once—think 1596
Speak—purse
Speak—spare 1486
Speak—think 1595
Speak—well 1489
Speakers—dead 1241
Speed—worse
Spend—old 1485
Spend—spare 1486
Spending—bung-hole 1393
Spiders' webs—laws
Spigot—saving 1393
Spirits—raise 1335
Spite—nose 1503
Spoon—silver 1441
Spring—swallow 1567
Spur—free horse 1513
Spur—horse
Stable door
Stable door 1524
Staff—dog
Staggerer—lame
Starling—raven
Steed starves
Steed—stolen
Steel—tongue 1637
Steeple—bell
Sting you—snake 1462
Stink—bear
Stinking fish 1531
Stocking
Stolen—steed 1524
Stone—dropping
Stone—blood
Stone—rugged 1373
Stool—guest
Stool, own—guest 1476
Stoop for pin 1245
Storms—vows 1708
Story—re-telling 1355
Straw—drowning
Straw—last
Strength, woman's 1822
Strong—thirty
Strife—poverty 1275
Substance 1420
Sudden falls
Summer—chimneys 1466
Summer—good 1800
Summer—swallow 1566
Sun—bride
Sun—clouds
Sun—hay
Sun—light
Sun—morning 1109
Sun riseth
Sunday—Friday
Sunday—weep
Sunday—wife 1759
Sundays—two 1686
Sun shines—moon 1106
Sunshine—stars 1519
Supper, after
Supper—hope
Supperless—bed 1562
Sure card
Surely—softly 1464
Sweet—taste 1583
Sweetest water 1753
Swim—depth
Swine—pearls 1221
Swine—turned 1679
Swing—youth 1876
Swords—words 1835
T
Tail—salt 1386
Tale—tell
Talk—good
Talk—nurse 1163
Talks—tongue 1638
Tame Shrew 1434
Tame—wedding 1742
Tar—ship 1507
Tarry—tide 1622
Taste—kitchen
Tax—disease
Taxes—death
Teaching—child
Teeth—aching
Teeth—tongue 1635
Teeth—wolves 1821
Temper—tongue 1633
Tempers—God 1430
Tenant—bad
Tenants—ill
Texts—proverbs 1304
Thief of time 1295
Thief—opportunity 1192
Thief—receiver 1340
Thief—receivers 1341
Thief—thunder 1614
Think—live 1598
Thinks—says 1397
Thirty years
Thistles—brain
Thistles—harvest
Thorn—cuckoo
Thorns—barefoot
Thorns—dancing
Thread—draw
Thread—breaketh 1735
Three women 1033
Thrift—ruin 1501
Thrive—up at five
Thrive—plant 1352
Thrive—wive 1818
Thrown—wrestle 1862
Throws—horse 1361
Thrushes—beggars 1808
Thunder-bolt—pryeth 1306
Thursday—crosses 1094
Tide—tarry 1622
Timber—split
Time for study 1550
Time—season 1409
Time—sorrow 1474
Time—stitch 1532
Times—fault
Toil—pleasure 1261
Toilers—thinkers 1600
Toll—market 1031
Toll—talking 1582
Tom—play 1256
Tongue—shorter
Tongue—knot
Tongue—nurse's 1163
Tongue—slip 1452
Tongue speaketh
Tongue—strength 1822
Too late—advice
Too late—never 1064
Tools—edged
Tools—workmen 1849
Toothache—music 1125
Touchstone—love 1002
Trade—two of a
Trash—beggary
Tread on worm 1855
Treasurer—God 1497
Tree—crooked
Tree—falls
Tree—fruit
Trees—straight 1543
Trials—present 1346
Tricks—old dog 1176
Tries—time 1626
Trifles—troubles 1661
Trouble—bagpipe
Trouble—company in
Trouble—hunting 1714
Troubles—company
Troubles—dowry
Trough—own 1480
Trumpery—beggary
Trumpet—own 1283
Truss up wit 1813
Trust—speak fair 1491
Trust—try 1676
Trust not—water 1528
Truth—drunken folk
Truth—evasions
Truth—fools
Truth—libel
Truth—old saws 1184
Try—trust 1665
Tuesday—health 1094
Turncoat—wine 1797
Twig—bend
Twig—tree
Tyrant—cruelty
U
Unbidden guest 1476
Unkindness—cut
Unmissed—unknown 1689
Use—keep
Use—nature 1692
V
Valour—stratagem 1544
Venice Glass
Vessels—empty
Virtue—modesty 1093
Virtue—necessity 1135
Virtue's colour
Virtue—touchstone 1002
W
Wait—world 1851
Walk a mile
Walk—sun 1730
Wall—weakest 1734
Walls—ears
Walnut tree
Waste, wilful 1724
Want—strife 1547
Want, woeful 1724
Want not 1723
Ware—pleasing 1260
Ware—sell 1030
Washing—crow
Washing—face 1061
Waste—haste
Waste—spend 1496
Waste—want 1547
Water—cat 1401
Water—deepest
Water—drink
Water—famine
Water—fire
Water—wine 1792
Waters—deep
Waters—still 1530
Waters—troubled
Way—will 1776
Wealth—contentment
Wealth—marries 1037
Wealth—wife 1764
Wealth—Monday 1094
Wealthy—wise 1805
Weapon—wit 1814
Weary—well-doing 1751
Weather—bad 1470
Weather—calm
Weather—fair 1740
Weather—rainy
Weather—thunder 1613
Weather—wind 1789
Wedded life
Wedlock—wake
Wednesday—best day 1094
Weed—poison
Weeds—words 1833
Weight—strife 1546
Weights—words 1836
Well done—once 1187
Well—dry 1729
Well—truth 1669
Weep—Sunday
Weeping Cross
Wet—mist 1406
Whale—sprat 1512
Wickedness—woe 1819
Wife—bier
Wife—gentle
Wife—grumbles 1553
Wife—good terms 1536
Wife—key
Wife, little
Wife, one good 1762
Wife—son 1467
Wiles, caught by 1768
Will—way 1731
Will—lean
Will—women 1825
Win—laugh
Wind—against 1504
Wind—puff not 1308
Wind—sheep 1430
Wind—south [fishing]
Wind—words 1838
Window 1277
Winds—contrary
Winds—high
Winds—March
Winds—rain
Wine—barrel
Wine—counsels
Wine—old 1180
Wings—covers me
Wings—flying
Winter—Candlemas
Winter—green
Winter—warm 1720
Winter—woodcock, one 1828
Winter—woodcock 1567
Winter wind 1082
Wisdom—husband
Wisdom—age
Wise—adversity
Wise—some 1197
Wise—word enough 1839
Wise—forty
Wise—himself
Wise—lucky 1016
Wise—merry 1069
Wise—penny 1232
Wise—twice 1682
Wise folk
Wishers and woulders
Wist, had I
Wit—brevity
Wit, mother 1114
Wit, need of
Wit—pound of
Wit—sloth 1453
Wit is out 1796
Wit's plough 1225
Wiving—counsel
Wiving—destiny
Woe—angry men
Woe—hasty men
Woe—wilful man 1770
Wolf—growing youth 1873
Woman—beaten
Woman—fair
Woman—head
Woman—rules 1348
Woman—silence 1439
Woman—tongue 1639
Woman—weep 1745
Woman's mind 1082
Woman's tongue
Woman's work 1823
Woman's yes 1868
Women—discreet
Women—drive 1349
Women—England
Women—glasses
Women—turned 1679
Women—words 1837
Wood—beans
Wood—old 1180
Wood—out of
Wood—trees 1657
Woodcock—winter 1567, 1828
Woodcock's thigh 1211
Woods—ears
Wool—little
Wool—shaving 1422
Word—true 1663
Words—leaves
Words—soft 1465
Words—wranglers 1860
Words swim 1793
Work—all 1257
Work—play 1256
Work—quick 1324
Work—slavery 1448
Work—woman's 1823
Workman—bad 1642
Workman—tools 1643
Work on
Workshops—devil's
World—enjoys it
World—fashion
World's end
Worm—bird
Worth—spend 1499
Worth—want 1712
Worthy—parents 1210
Wound—green
Wound—words 1835
Wound—evil
Wounds—afraid of
Wrinkled—faces 1321
Wrinkles—purse
Wrong—forget 1356
Wrong—losers
Y
Young—idle
Young—spare 1485
Young men—die
Young men—woo 1827
Youth—follies
Youth—money 1099
Youth—old age 1171
Youth—reckless 1342
Youth—save 1390
Youth—time 1625
THE END.
A DICTIONARY OF
DAILY BLUNDERS.
Containing a Collection of Mistakes often made
in Speaking and Writing.
CORRECTED FROM THE BEST AUTHORITIES,
AND ARRANGED IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER
By THE AUTHOR OF
'A HANDY BOOK OF SYNONYMS,'
'A DICTIONARY OF ENGLISH PROVERBS,' ETC. ETC.
Price 1s. cloth; 1s. 6d. half-bound in leather, red edges.
Extracts from Opinions of the Press.
Useful knowledge. . . . Invaluable alike as desk or pocket companion. . . . Treats of the multitude of errors daily made in speaking and writing, and offers corrections collected from the best authorities. Its dictionary form enables any one in doubt to readily turn to the word required. . . . Its value and necessity are unquestionable.—Morning Post.
A dictionary has just been published, enumerating the common blunders of speech and writing, which are constantly perpetrated. Such a work seems, at first sight, a very formidable undertaking, and the complete mastery of its text promises many a wretched quarter of an hour to those on whom its valuable information is inflicted. . . . There are some mistakes which appear to be ineradicable, and will not be corrected, even if the Blunder Dictionary arrives at its thousandth edition. . . . Next to the slave who attended a Roman Emperor in triumph to remind him that he was mortal . . . surely the object most to be dreaded is the editor of a Dictionary of Blunders, arranged on such a complete and systematic plan, as to form a court of appeal to which every household can be conveniently referred. . . . The volume is actually published, and contains 126 closely printed pages, containing examples of errors that are to be found in the daily speech even of well-educated persons. . . . The Editor is to be thanked for his useful book.—Daily Telegraph.
Pleasantly written. . . . In its dimensions it is handy, and the utility of its contents is beyond question. The legion of "self-educated" men who adorn our age should not be without this useful companion, for, by its aid, the blunders of speech more particularly common to them would be advantageously avoided.—Citizen.
So far as we can discover from a brief perusal of the handy little volume, the author's work has been very well done.—Athenæum.
A well-meant attempt to keep people clear of some common errors. . . . There is certainly evidence enough, of one kind or another, in the volume before us, of the existence of blunders which could hardly have been suspected.—Saturday Review.
Beautifully printed. . . . may be confidently recommended to those for whose use it is designed.—Manchester Guardian.
. . . Of value, and worth knowing. . . . Amusing, and to an extent, useful also.—Dublin Freeman's Journal.
Will be found useful and amusing. . . . It is arranged alphabetically, and contains a considerable vocabulary of words supposed to present a difficulty either in spelling, meaning, or pronunciation. Some of the comments on popular mistakes are very well done.—Record.
Those who are not quite sure as to their grammar, their pronunciation, or their spelling, will doubtless find this pocket volume very useful.—Sunday Times.
Will be of use to every one who has either to speak or to write. As this embraces all mankind, the book may be said to be of value to everybody. Very neatly got up.—Scotsman.
A glance through the pages of this book is very amusing, almost as entertaining as a selection of wit and humour would be. There is no doubt as to the general accuracy and usefulness of the corrections. . . . . We heartily recommend the Dictionary.—Liverpool Albion.
Corrected from the best authorities and arranged in alphabetical order. . . . The student can turn readily to the remarks made upon any particular mistake.—Dublin Evening Mail.
A useful aid to correct speech.—Literary World.
The value of a book is not always to be reckoned by its size. This little dictionary would go into the waistcoat pocket, yet every word in it has its value, and the common mistakes in speaking and writing which it undertakes to correct are nearly always put right in the best way. In a few instances in which we are inclined to criticise, a conflict of opinion among the authorities would probably be found to exist.—Bookseller.
A manual such as this will not be out of place at the right hand of all who desire not to blunder.—Dundee Advertiser.
An excellent little book, which cannot be too well known or too widely circulated. We know a large number of persons who would preserve themselves from perpetrating the most unfortunate blunders if they would carefully consult it.—Christian World.
The compiler of A Dictionary of Daily Blunders at least deserves credit for an excellent idea. . . . Even the most practised speaker or writer is liable to momentary uncertainty about simple points of pronunciation or spelling—not to say construction of sentences. . . . Contains some good material. . . . A useful feature of the book is the publication in full of participles, in the spelling of which a writer is often apt to get confused, and which are rarely included in dictionaries.—Nottingham Guardian.
Evidently at great pains, the author of this useful handbook has brought together a large number of blunders which are heard often in speaking and seen in writing. We have gone rather minutely over the work, and can say that the corrections are nearly all just. . . . The book will be useful to many, and the reader will be surprised to find in what a great number of instances he is wrong in the usage and pronunciation of words. We recommend this handbook heartily.—Dundee Courier.
We can speak highly of this publication. . . . A credit to the publishers, and we have little doubt will have a very large circulation.—Wigan Observer.
The selection has been very judiciously made. One must be a remarkably faultless speaker and writer who does not get several useful hints from this booklet.—Aberdeen Journal.
. . . There is in this small volume a good deal of really useful matter, and many readers (especially among those who are also writers) might derive more benefit from its study than would by themselves be imagined.—Exchange.
Excerpts from the Press Notices of Familiar Latin Quotations and Proverbs.
A translation of the Latin phrases which are of most common use in the literature of the day, which is likely to be useful.—The Echo.
In a cheap and handy little volume we have here a large selection of Latin phrases, proverbs, and quotations. It is ample in all respects, and is likely to be of great and general utility.—Sunday Times.
To newspaper men, public speakers, and correspondents in every direction, this little "Vade mecum" will prove most useful.—News-Vendor.
The English translations are given as literally as possible, and they frequently embrace all the most generally accepted renderings. So far as we have been able to detect, the book has been carefully edited by a competent and capable writer.—Railway Fly-Sheet.
A small work of reference such as has been greatly needed. We recommend it especially to all readers who want to understand what they read, and do not know Latin, and to all writers who want to seem more learned than they are.—Civil Service Review.
A very handy selection of "Familiar Latin Quotations and Proverbs," of which not only translations but also explanations are given. We confidently recommend this little book.—Printers' Register.
A very handy little book. It contains, arranged in alphabetical order, all the most common Latin quotations with their signification, and many which are not so well known. The author has been careful in doing his work, and has produced a really good little book of reference.—Scotsman.
To those whose classical education has been wholly neglected the work will be found to be a suitable "Vade mecum," and even to those who learnt a good deal of Latin at school it will be found to be highly useful.—North British Advertiser.
It is a most admirable compilation. We can heartily recommend it as a book of reference, and from which most genuine instruction can be extracted.—Glasgow Citizen.
In this handy little book the compiler has collected the Latin quotations which occur most frequently in the serial literature of the day, arranging them alphabetically along with translations. This is truly a "handy referential volume," and deserving of a large sale.—Edinburgh Courant.
A very useful little work which will be invaluable to the reader whose studies have not included the classic languages. In the space of 120 pages are compressed no fewer than fifteen hundred Latin words, phrases, and proverbs, frequently met with in newspapers, political or philosophical works, law books, etc. We have looked over the book carefully, and tested it by searching for less usual quotations; but in every case we have found what we sought. Each phrase is rendered as literally as the construction of the English and Latin languages will admit; and where necessary a paraphrase or explanation is appended in addition.—Irish Times.
FAMILIAR ENGLISH QUOTATIONS.
The object of this little volume is to trace the Familiar Quotations so constantly in use to their proper authorship, and to correct the errors so frequently made by public speakers and writers. The origin of such everyday sayings as
"He that fights and runs away,
May turn and fight another day,"
(erroneously supposed to be in Butler's "Hudibras,") and a number of other phrases of a like character, is given, and the exact place of them in the different authors' works is recorded.
The errors constantly made in quoting are remarkable. The author of an interesting volume, comprising many well-known passages, names "Hudibras" as containing the lines
"They that in quarrels interpose,
Will often wipe a bloody nose."
In an essay on "Misquotations," which recently appeared in a very ably conducted newspaper, the object of the writer being to correct the blunders constantly made, he falls into the usual mistake of quoting Nat. Lee as writing
"When Greek meets Greek, then comes the tug of war,"
and a learned and eminent divine, a certain Dr. B., some years ago, in the presence of a large party, obstinately insisted that
"A man convinced against his will"
was a correct passage from "Hudibras," and was only satisfied as to his blunder by the production of Butler's immortal work. Even so accomplished a scholar as Mr. Gladstone—quandoque bonus dormitat Homerus—errs; in a recently published number of the Nineteenth Century, quoting Byron's words,
"The bubbling cry
Of some strong swimmer in his agony,"
he names them as occurring in "Childe Harold," instead of in "Don Juan."
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