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3. A cat may look at a king. 4. An enemy may chance to give good counsel. 5. An apple may happen to be better given than eaten. 6. A good sailor may mistake in a dark night. 7. If to day will not, to-morrow may. 8. A fool can dance without fiddle. g. Be old betimes, that thou rnaysl long be so. 10. Boil stones in butter and you may sip the brotli. 67. — Verbes auxiliaires défectueux. I MUST, I OUGHT. 1. He that has 110 heart ought to hâve heels. 2. Lips, however rosy, musl be fed. 3. As the wind blows you must set your sail. 4. Barefooted people must not go among thorns. 5. He that scatters thorns musl not go barefooted. 6. Musl is a king’s word. 7. Young men may die, old men musl. 8. He that would thrive musl ask leave of his wife. 9. A great ship musl hâve deep water. 10. If you touch pot you muj/ touch penny. 68. — Verbes auxiliaires défectueux : To let, Laisser. 1. Like the gardeners’ dog, that neither eats cabbage himself, nor lels anybody else. 2. Holding an eel too fast is the way to let it escape. 3. A word spoken is an arrow let fly. 4. He is blind that eats marrow, but he is blinder that lels him. 69. — Verbe régulier : infinitif. 1. A sorry dog is not worth the whislling after. 2. It is wise not lo seek a secret, and honest not to reveal it. 3. Frightening a bird is not the way to catch it. 4. Three things only are well donc in haste : flying from the plague, and catching fleas. 5. To promise and give nothing is to comfort a foe. 6. Use pastime, so as not lo lose time. 7. Words are but wind. but seeing is believing. 8. To buy and sell and live by the loss. g. Courting and ivooing bring dallying and 10.............................................