 | John Wade - 1824 - 258 pàgines
...sail. When the wind is in the West, The weather is at the best ; When the wind is in the East, It is good for neither man nor beast ; When the wind is in the South, It blows the bait into the fishes' mouth. No weather is ill, if the wind be still. Drought never bred dearth in... | |
 | 1854 - 792 pàgines
...fishing: " When the wind it in the west. The reather is at the best ; When the wind is in the east, It is good for neither man nor beast; When the wind is in the south. It blows the bait into the fishes' month." PISCATOR. — Worthy Izaak knew better than to pin his faith to a musty... | |
 | 1854 - 712 pàgines
...: " When the wind Is In the west, The weather Is at the best ; When the wind Is In the east, It Is good for neither man nor beast; When the wind is in the sooth, It blows the bait Into the flshes' mouth." PIBOATOB. — Worthy Izaak knew better than to pin... | |
 | William Henry Smyth - 1867 - 836 pàgines
...generally attended with a hazy atmosphere, and is so ungenial as to countenance the couplet — ' ' When the wind is in the east, 'Tis good for neither man nor beast." EASY. Lower gently. A ship not labouring in a sea. — Taking it easy. Neglecting the duty. "Not so... | |
 | 1869 - 254 pàgines
...blood, And left his skin a hanging-o. When the wind is in the east, 'Tis neither good for man nor beast; When the wind is in the north, The skillful fisher goes not forth ; When the wind is in the south, It blows the bait in the fishes' mouth ; When the wind is in the west, Then 'tis at the very... | |
 | Young housekeeper - 1869 - 426 pàgines
...carefully guarded against. It is these winds which shut the flowers and drive the bees within doors. "When the wind is in the east, 'Tis good for neither man nor beast." This very common saying every one has most likely heard. Now, we may be sure that even the east wind... | |
 | Sir Alfred C. Lyall - 1870 - 330 pàgines
...¡v great influence in all climates. The old English rhyme — " When the wind is in the east, "Tie good for neither man nor beast ; When the wind is in the west, Then it's at its very best." is singularly applicable to Berár. Considering the climate in respect... | |
 | Sir Alfred C. Lyall - 1870 - 334 pàgines
...winds have a great influence in all climates. The old English rhyme— " When the wind is in the cast, "Tis good for neither man nor beast; When the wind is in tho west, Then it's at its very best." is singularly applicable to Berar. Considering the climate in... | |
 | Edward James Mortimer Collins - 1871 - 180 pàgines
...pleasure ? ... do you not hear the musical psithurism of the feathered foliage ? When the wind blows from the east 'Tis good for neither man nor beast ; When the wind blows from the west It rocks the young birds in their nest. Not beasts and birds only, but every tree... | |
 | Edward Peacock - 1877 - 808 pàgines
...will have another flight : If Candlemas day be clouds and rain, Winter is gone and won't come again. When the wind is in the east 'Tis good for neither man nor beast. Magpies. One, sorrow ; two, mirth ; Three, joy ; four, a birth. But for the robin and the wren, A spider... | |
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When the wind is in the east, It's good for neither man nor beast. When the wind is in the north, The old folk should not venture forth, When the wind is in the south, It blows the bait in the fishes 
