...or round about London, or elsewhere, in which the mistress would not sooner admit any of the modem lascivious novels, than a Treatise on the Improvement...beldams are only, like the dog in the manger, envious of your more youthful charms. They wish, by depreciating the character of any man who so truly adores...

...readers a specimen of Peter's oratory, that it may not be supposed that we have fbgotlen the old adage " give a dog a bad name and you may as well hang him." At the weekly meetings of the Buffalo Cluh, I'eter took a very prominent part, and was for making a...

...utterly ruined forever, and to destroy his future prosperity by our suspicions. There is truth in the old proverb : "Give a dog a bad name, and you may as well throw him overboard." But it is sometimes our duty to speak of the faults of others. If a young man...

...as Sir Francis Head can desire. VVe venture to add, that there is a well-known proverb which says, " Give a dog a bad name, and you may as well hang him;" and also, that it is a common fact, taught us in the history of all nations, that as you treat your...

...in the matter to which we have referred, we shall have performed ft good service for ' our boys.' ' Give a dog a bad name, and you may as well hang him at once,' says the proverb ; and pick out one of your boys, speak of him aa a dunce, set him down as...

...Society and the Legislature to withdraw the attorneys from so contaminating an influence ! argument is " give a dog a bad name and you may as well hang him," in other words, the clerk's position is such that he loses confidence, ivjects industry, morality,...

...enemies and perils, amongst which no feelings could be developed but those of fear, hatred, and distrust. 'Give a dog a bad name, and you may as well hang him at once,' says a wise old saw ; and the fate of his outlawed consin-german, the wolf, affords corroborative...

...and perils, amongst which no feelings could be developed but those of fear, hatred, and distrust. " Give a dog a bad name, and you may as well hang him at once," says a wise old saw ; and the fate of his outlawed cousingerman,the wolf, affords corroborative...

...said he, " idling on shore still ?" " On shore, because I can get no berth at sea," was the reply ; "give a dog a bad name, and you may as well hang him." As he said this, lounging there in his idle attitude, with his slovenly dress and discontented face,...

...been reported ; but even then the opinion in respect to Sophy and her lover were hardly modified ; — give a dog a bad name and you may as well hang him. This couple had been accused of murder and violence, and, although the charge was now disproved, yet...