 | Thomas Birch, Robert Folkestone Williams - 1848 - 526 էջ
...impression that Somerset had made upon him2. James knew well the value of the old proverb, " Tis well to be off with the old love, Before you are on with the new." Therefore, when it was clearly proved to him, on the 1 Halliwell. " Letters of Kings of England," vol.... | |
 | American Association for the Advancement of Science - 1903 - 606 էջ
...before they are certain that they have something better to offer. The old proverb, "Be sure you are off with the old love before you are on with the new," is one all too apt to be forgotten by the enthusiasts who are unable to distinguish the difference... | |
 | 1867 - 696 էջ
...then the custom for boys and young men, he played female characters.] QUOTATION-.— " It's good to be off with the old love Before you are on with the new." Are these lines, commonly given in the above form, a modification of the old song — " It's gude to... | |
 | Charles Mackay - 1850 - 650 էջ
...London Bridge, where they dismounted at the house of Jordan the Tanner. CHAPTEE VIII. " It's good to be off with the old love Before you are on with the new." Old Song. BETAS FITZOSBEET was bom to be a hunter, his heart was ever in the wild woods " a chasing... | |
 | William James Linton - 1851 - 806 էջ
...Irish love still be paramount ? Then he is doubly Traitor. The song says sooth, * It is well to be off with the old love ' Before you are on with the new.' Twenty-one years ago a young man passed, like Meagher, from college to prison for his country's sake.... | |
 | 1851 - 466 էջ
...but I believe the modern reading of another proverb is now the most received — • It's best not be off with the old love before you are on with the new,' and with the certainty we may now feel that we shall never be without many churches on our hands to... | |
 | 1852 - 630 էջ
...the ditchers are flirting with a new love ? Certainly it is but a small one, but " it is better to be off with the old love before you are on with the new." They should beware lest the dreaming magician return, and with a wave of his hand open their eyes,... | |
 | Britons - 1852 - 202 էջ
...their ancestors must have induced, blotting their escutcheon ? (e) Let us try this by a fact. To be " off with the old love before you are on with the new " is carried out to the extent of " repeated vows," or a change of husbands by the Nairs, Hindus on... | |
 | Herbert Byng Hall - 1852 - 372 էջ
...on the lap of Matilde, and holding on by the hand of Clarisse. Remember the song, ' 'Tis well to be off with the old love, before you are on with the new.' I shall write to Nelly, that's certain. Ladies permit me to tell you, he loved this Nelly in long clothes,... | |
 | Hannah Ransome Geldart - 1852 - 276 էջ
...joke. No, no ; I care for nobody, and nobody cares for me ; and she began to sing, ' 'Tis best to be off with the old love before you are on with the new/ By the by, I have brought home a relation with me — oh, such a dreadful old maid : very rich and... | |
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... Tis well to be merry and wise, 'Tis well to be honest and true; 'Tis well to be off with the old love, Before you are on with the new. 
