| Mary Martha Sherwood - 1835 - 500 str.
...Only a little pig or two," replied Mr. Perkins ; " and you have heard the proverb about 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... | |
| Thomas Chandler Haliburton - 1837 - 398 str.
...clear stuff, no doubt, but I no understand — its all my fault, I dare say, Sare. Thinks I to myself, a nod is as good as a wink to a blind horse, I see how the cat jumps — Minister knows so many languages he hant been particular enough to keep... | |
| Thomas Chandler Haliburton - 1837 - 228 str.
...dat—clear stuff, no doubt, but I no understand—its all my fault, I dare say, Sare. Thinks I to myself, a nod is as good as a wink to a blind horse, I see how the cat jumps—Minister knows so many languages he hant been particular enough to keep 'em... | |
| Thomas Chandler Haliburton - 1839 - 838 str.
...chessycat. De bill is four dollar, massa, and a quarter-dollar for Snowhall.—Hem! says I to myself, a nod is as good as a wink to a blind horse : I see it now, I 'm bilked; so I paid it, and said no more on the subject. That was another " peep... | |
| Thomas Chandler Haliburton - 1840 - 336 str.
...chessy-cat. De bill is four dollar, massa, and a quarter-dollar for Snowball. — Hem ! says I to myself, a nod is as good as a wink to a blind horse : I see it now, I 'm bilked ; so I paid it, and said no more on the subject. That was another "peep... | |
| Thomas Chandler Haliburton - 1840 - 246 str.
...clear stuff, no doubt, but I no understand — it's all my fault, I dare say, Sare. Thinks I to myself, a nod is as good as a wink to a blind horse, I see how the cat jumps. Minister knows so many languages, he haint been particular enough to keep... | |
| Theodore Edward Hook - 1840 - 1002 str.
...said the old lady. " I say nothing ; it's no use tattling and speaking against one's neighbours ; but a nod is as good as a wink to a blind horse ; you understand me. Have you got everything that you took there !" " Everything," said I, " that I... | |
| Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - 1840 - 686 str.
...chessy-cat. De bill is four dollar, massa, and a quarter-dollar for Snowball. — Hem ! says I to myself, a nod is as good as a wink to a blind horse : I see it now, I 'm bilked ; so I paid it, and said no more on the subject. That was another " peep... | |
| Thomas Chandler Haliburton - 1843 - 332 str.
...clear stuff, no doubt, but I no understand — its all my fault, I dare say, Sare. Thinks I to myself, a nod is as good as a wink to a blind horse, I see how the cat jumps — Minister knows so many languages he hant been partikilar enough to keep... | |
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