...church-preferment, through the patronage of the Marquis of Agaric, on the other. The sagacious reflection, that a bird in the hand was worth two in the bush, determined him not to risk the loss of the Marquis's faVOL. I. G vour for the open pursuit of a doubtful...

...appointing to meet his company again at Guildford. To Guildford they went ; but the wily Thespian, knowing that a bird in the hand was worth two in the bush, never returned to his company, but left them to shift for themselves, in the best manner they could....

...was giving a certainty for an uncertainty—some, a crop in existence for one anticipated—others, that a bird in the hand was worth two in the bush, &c. All, however, who saw it, in common with myself, watched the effect with some solicitude. Our very...

...whether the return for foreign timber was made in goods or specie. He had lived long enough to know that a bird in the hand was worth two in the bush, and he should feel disposed to trade with a country which would take his own goods in exchange, rather...

...Independent (usually employed on such occasions to step in and stir up strife) whispered in their ears, that a bird in the hand was worth two in the bush ; and that good pay and free quarters were awaiting them under the blue flag of the parliament: so...

...Independent (usually employed on such occasions to step in and stir up strife) whispered in their ears, that a bird in the hand was worth two in the bush; and that good pay and free quarters were awaiting them under the blue flag of the parliament: so that,...

...strong hopes that he would eave me, and go oil' after them. But I suppose the cunning rascal reflected * I 2 w s[ T / [_ _ w [9O9#ɝ ; 'or he turned back and lay down again, Crumbling, nnd staring harder than ever at me, as though he...

...strong hopes that he would leave me, and go off after them. But I suppose the cunning rascal reflected that a bird in the hand was worth two in the bush ; for he turned back and lay down again, grumbling, and staring harder than ever at me, as though he...

...very elusiveness lies the deepest appeal of this people of the air; the sordid philosopher who said that a bird in the hand was worth two in the bush was as grossly mistaken as his kind are wont to be, for a bird in the bush is worth twenty times twenty...

...creditors at the Ringwood Bank, and he would take the liberty of reminding the meeting of the old adage that a " bird in the hand was worth two in the bush." (Hear, hear.) Mr. Johns said the amendment he intended to make was that the balancesheet and statement...