“A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs: Comprising French, Italian, German, Dutch, Spanish, Portuguese …“
I meant to cross (or bless) myself and put out one of my eyes
Many see more with one eye than others with two.
FOTO – LIZARD IN PORT MACQUARIE -SUSAN POMROY.
She is a woman, and nothing is unpossible. — Gasc, Gl. of Gov., ii. 3.
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A union could never be happy if the bridal party in going to church met a monk, a priest, a hare, a cat, dog, lizard, or serpent, while all would go well if it were a wolf, a spider, or a toad. — Chambers, Booh of Days.
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