dots-menu
×

Home  »  Familiar Quotations  »  93 John Heywood 1497?-1580? John Bartlett

John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.

93 John Heywood 1497?-1580? John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:93
AUTHOR:John Heywood (1497?–1580?)
QUOTATION:When the skie falth we shall have Larkes. 1
ATTRIBUTION:Proverbes. Part i. Chap. iv.
 
Note 1.
Si les nues tomboyent esperoyt prendre les alouettes (If the skies fall, one may hope to catch larks).—Francis Rabelais: book i. chap. xi. [back]