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is identical with

A phrase used as a hint to be cautious in speaking in the hearing of talebearers or children,

Two old cronies have met. They knew each other once, though they have long been parted. They wish to renew their friendship over a glass. They drink each other's health in such terms as—“Here's ta dee,” “It's better what's been than what'll never be.”

is a proverb of general application. The clergy in Shetland have never suffered from the disadvantage of being exalted into a position placing them beyond the reach of criticism, and the patriotic Shetlander says when he sums up the