 | Eliza Stephenson - 1866 - 336 Seiten
...usual. And so the days wore on one by one, one by one. There is an old adage which says — " 'Tis good to be off with the old love, Before you are on with the new." But Basil Brooke thought that it is better still to keep on with both until you see which is likely... | |
 | Love, Author of Basil St. John - 1866 - 386 Seiten
...XXXI. A DEFAULTER. ' It is best to l>c merry and wise ; It is best to be honest and true ; It is best to be off with the old love Before you are on with the new.' LORD HARLECH was a little surprised when Claude came into his bedroom before dinner, and after wandering... | |
 | William Baldwin Affleck - 1866 - 234 Seiten
...with which our literature abounds — such as "The course of true love never did run smooth; "Always be off with the old love before you are on with the new, &c., &c." Luck is not to be found in wasting, nay, even worse than wasting, your precious time in the... | |
 | william harrison - 1867 - 518 Seiten
...till a quarter past eleven." The Reverend Mr. Severin said, in a loud whisper, to Cornelia, " 'Tis well to be off with the old love before you are on with the new ;" and Miss FitzHenry reddened up to the roots of her hair. " Mrs. Larpent is waiting for you, sir."... | |
 | 1872 - 858 Seiten
...had taken that day. ' ' ' "Tis good to be merry and wise, "Pis good to be honest and true ; 'Tis good to be off with the old love Before you are on with the new." Eh, mamma?' And stooping and picking up Paul's poor crushed flower that lay behind her mother, she... | |
 | Catherine Simpson Wynne - 1867 - 308 Seiten
...salutation that she formally returned, he sullenly walked off towards the breakfastroom. ' It's best to be off with the old love before you are on with the new ; eh, Margaret ? ' and Margaret, starting, turned round, to face her father. He met her questioning... | |
 | 1873 - 758 Seiten
...Paul had taken that day. ' " Tis good to be merry and wise, Tis good to be honest and true ; Tis good to be off with the old love Before you are on with the new." Eh, mamma?' And stooping and picking up Paul's poor crushed flower that lay behind her mother, she... | |
 | Oswald Boyle - 1867 - 326 Seiten
...celibacy. Is it not, Carryngton?" " But," said Mrs. Morris, " is it not in this case a little rash to be off with the old love before you are on with the new ? Why announce to society that you fling it over before you get into Parliament?" " It is the enthusiasm... | |
 | 1878 - 684 Seiten
...encounter before she meets them again face to face, 'puir young thing !' CHAPTER XVII. ' °Tis best to be off with the old love Before you are on with the new.' VANE FAULKENER has in nothing deceived Esmee. He has never pretended to 'Johnston's bower or Huntingtower.'... | |
 | 1878 - 782 Seiten
...encounter before she meets them again face to face, 'puir young thing !' CHAPTER XVII. ' Tis best (o be off with the old love Before you are on with the new.' VANE FAULKENER has in nothing deceived Esme'e. He has never pretended to 'Johnston's bower or Huntingtower.'... | |
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It is good to be merry and wise, It is good to be honest and true, It is good to be off with the old love Before you are on with the new. 
