 | 1828 - 562 sider
...could get the blind side of him in a deal. There is wisdom in the proverbs of all cations ; and " :i nod is as good as a wink to a blind horse," says one. I remember a hint my facetious friend, George Fitzherbert, gave me one night last season at Melton... | |
 | William Godwin - 1816 - 320 sider
...the squire has broke the ice, if so be as you like of the match, why I am your man. Speak the word ; a nod is as good as a wink to a blind horse. Emily was already sufficiently mortified at the unexpected proposal of Mr. Tyrrel. She was confounded... | |
 | Richard Brinsley Peake - 1834 - 604 sider
...to do, Roderick, is to mind your P's «nd Q's. [Crossing to L.] I say nothing — mum's the word — a nod is as good as a wink to a blind horse — look sharp ; there's many a slip betwixt the cup and the lip ! Come the agreeable — write in... | |
 | 262 sider
...seem censorious without effecting any good purpose. I have not forgotten the old adage, that says, " a nod is as good as a wink to a blind horse." 22 23 24 25 26 И ï8 29 3° 55 0.54.52 1.52. ? 2.49.21 3.46.36 4- 43- 5° 3. 41. 4 D *г ^ 6.38.18... | |
 | John Badcock - 1823 - 222 sider
...placed near the eyes of horses given to shying. ' To tip the wink'— a signal ; when "'tis found ' a nod is as good as a wink to a blind horse.' Wipe — a pocket-handkerchief, of the cotton kind, though a silk one would be thus termed, as well... | |
 | William Godwin - 1831 - 262 sider
...the squire has broke the ice, if so be as you like of the match, why I am your man. Speak the word ; a nod is as good as a wink to a blind horse." Emily was already sufficiently mortified at the unexpected proposal of Mr. Tyrrel. She was confounded... | |
 | William Godwin - 1832 - 482 sider
...the squire has broke the ice, if so be as you like of the match, why I am your man. Speak the word ; a nod is as good as a wink to a blind horse." Emily was already sufficiently mortified at the unexpected proposal of Mr. Tyrrel. She was confounded... | |
 | 596 sider
...puff! another gust has moved it further on. And now, if any boys are near, they begin to laugh. A 234 'A NOD IS AS GOOD AS A WINK TO A BLIND HORSE.' 235 quicker movement brings the man once more too late, for the stupid, or rather clever, fugitive... | |
 | 1834 - 590 sider
...wine and other varieties of potations. When they returned, eyeing one another askance, WTinterbottom looking daggers at his opponent, and Quince not quite...back to them. Tom looked at Winterbottom, pointing slyly to the fryingpan, and then to the hinder parts of Quince. Winterbottom snatched the hint and... | |
 | Mary Martha Sherwood - 1834 - 572 sider
...a little pig or two," replied Mr. Perkins ; " and you have heard the proverb about the long ears." "A nod is as good as a wink to a blind horse;" answered the redoubtable Tom ; " and there's proverb for proverb for you, Mr. Perkins — but, you'll... | |
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I to myself, a nod is as good as a wink to a blind horse. 
