 | 1838 - 948 σελίδες
...such an appeal — he knows that the committee could not, under such circumstances, refuse the vote. " It is too late to lock the stable door when the steed is stolen ; " and I want to know, definitively, beforehand, what number of officers it is intended to appoint.... | |
 | Henry George Bohn - 1857 - 600 σελίδες
...the child is drowned, 359 It is too late to cry " Hold hard !" when the arrow has left the bow, 324 It is too late to lock the stable door when the steed is stolen, 21, 324 It is too late to throw water on the cinders when the house is burnt down, 359 It is too much... | |
 | Henry George Bohn - 1857 - 608 σελίδες
...profeten-drank. It is prophet-drink (ie water). Het is te laat den stal te sluiten als het paard gestolea is. It is too late to lock the stable door when the steed « stolen. Het is te laat gespaard, als het vat ten einde gaat. 'Tis too late to spare when the cast;... | |
 | Salem Town, Nelson M. Holbrook - 1857 - 318 σελίδες
...also apply the same rule to all sentences in which simple contrast or comparison is expressed ; as, It is good to begin well, but better to end -well. It costs more to revenge injuries than to bear them. This manner of reading the foregoing sentences is... | |
 | 1887 - 1332 σελίδες
...is drowned. Dan. 15. It is too late to cry, "hold hard" when the arrow has left the bow. Dutch. 1 6. It is too late to lock the stable door when the steed is stolen. Fr., Dutch. • 17. It is too late to spare when the bottom is bare. 18. It is too late to throw water... | |
 | David Bepler - 1890 - 308 σελίδες
...them will burn. Ignorance is the parent of many injuries. It is better to do well than to say well. It is good to begin well, but better to end well. It is never too late to learn. It is a wise child that knows its own father. Judge not of men or things at... | |
 | William John Deane - 1893 - 628 σελίδες
...and the point of the aphorism is that no skill or wisdom is of any avail if made use of too late. " It is too late to lock the stable door when the steed is stolen" (Wright). VI. WISDOM AND FOLLY IN HUMAN SPEECH. The winning character of the wise man's words, the... | |
 | 1901 - 510 σελίδες
...readers will avail themselves of this golden opportunity and insure their apiaries at oner, remembering it is too late to lock the stable door when the steed is stolen. The IBJ is a credit to its Editor, to its printers, and to Ireland. Enclosed please find PO's. for... | |
 | Edward Jefferson Strong - 1912 - 290 σελίδες
...has no turning. It is an ill wind that blows nobody good. It is better to do well than to say well. It is good to begin well, but better to end well. It is less painful to learn in youth than to be ignorant in age. It is never too late to learn. It is no... | |
 | Dwight Edwards Marvin - 1922 - 358 σελίδες
...drowned. (German, Danish). It is too late to cry " Hold hard!" when the arrow has left the bow. (Dutch). It is too late to lock the stable door when the steed is stolen. (French, Dutch, Osmanli). It is too late to spare when the bottom is bare. (English). It is too late... | |
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It is too late to lock the stable door when the steed is stolen. 
