 Health to wear it, Strength to tear it, And money to buy another." "There is no hope for the last two things, you know, " said the young girl; "for I am sure that the flag that braved a thousand years was not half so strong as your brocade; and as to...  Holiday House: A Series of Tales - Página 18por Catherine Sinclair - 1839 - 252 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | Catherine Sinclair - 1849 - 326 páginas
...to distribute among half-a-dozen of his friends " He even saved his pocket-money once, during three whole months, to purchase a gown for Mrs. Crabtree,...was so bright an apple-green, that it would have put anybody's teeth on edge to look at it, and the whole was dotted over with large round spots of every... | |
 | Rose Aylmer (fict. name.) - 1865 - 356 páginas
...covered. " A sweet thing in brooches !" she exclaimed, then returned it to its proud owner, saying, " I wish you — Health to wear it, Strength to tear it, And money to buy a new one ! Mahala, Isabel and I are going abroad !" " Where is that, miss ?" " Over the sea. To France... | |
 | William Henderson - 1879 - 424 páginas
...on first seeing one's friends in new clothes, ie, " There you go, and well you look." " May you have health to wear it, strength to tear it, and money to buy another." Those in use in our schools arc less kindly in their character, especially as they are accompanied... | |
 | Georgina Frederica Jackson - 1883 - 694 páginas
...lessened the pleasure of exhibiting one's new acquisition. The kindly saying of one dear old lady, ' I wish you health to wear it, strength to tear it, and money to buy another with,' formed a much plcasantcr reception than the pinching, which was no doubt davised out of dread... | |
 | Georgina Frederica Jackson - 1885 - 230 páginas
...lessened the pleasure of exhibiting one's new acquisition. The kindly saying of one dear old lady, ' I wish you health to wear it, strength to tear it, and money to buy another with,' formed a much pleasanter reception than the pinching, which was no doubt devised out of dread... | |
 | Juliana Horatia Ewing - 1886 - 380 páginas
...the old lady, who was kissing and blessing her, and wishing her, in the words of the old formula— " Health to wear it, Strength to tear it, And money to buy another." " There is no hope for the last two things, you know," said the young girl; " for I am sure that the... | |
 | 1920 - 456 páginas
...to a person who is wearing a new garment].) There is an English saying very much like the above : " Health to wear it, strength to tear it, and money to buy anew one." * 248. Schmir zach ois die schien ! (Grease your shoes! [said to some one who has just said... | |
 | G. F. Northall - 1892 - 590 páginas
...thro' the winder." Warwickshire. Sometimes used as a street shout to any obnoxious Mary. " May you have health to wear it, Strength to tear it, And money to buy another." Northern Counties. Said to one with a new garment. Some school speeches are less kindly in their character,... | |
 | Dwight Edwards Marvin - 1916 - 456 páginas
...Frost and fraud both end in foul. (English). A favourite saying of Sir Thomas Egerton, Lord Chancellor. Health to wear it, strength to tear it, and money to buy a new one. (English). Spoken on seeing someone with a new article of dress. He that has an ill wife... | |
 | 1916 - 456 páginas
...Frost and fraud both end in foul. (English). A favourite saying of Sir Thomas Egerton, Lord Chancellor. Health to wear it, strength to tear it, and money to buy a new one. (English). Spoken on seeing someone with a new article of dress. He that has an ill wife... | |
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