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Rh Mr. Marsh has long ago pointed out that our best-loved bywords, and those parts of the Bible most on our lips in every-day life, are almost purely Teutonic. I go A step farther and would remark, that the same holds good, as regards the great watchwords of English history; such as ‘Short rede, good rede, slay ye the Bishop;’ ‘when Adam dalf and Eve span, who was then the gentleman?’ ‘bastard slips shall not thrive;’ ‘this man hath got the sow by the right ear;’ ‘turn or burn;’ ‘the word Calais will be found graven on my heart after death;’ ‘stone dead hath no fellow;’ ‘put your trust in God, but keep your powder dry;’ ‘change kings, and we will fight you again;’ ‘we'll sink or swim to&shy;gether;’ ‘the French run, then I die happy;’ ‘a Church without a Gospel, a King above the Law;’ ‘the wooden walls of Old England;’ ‘what will they say in England if we get beaten?’ ‘the schoolmaster is abroad in the land;’ ‘the Queen has done it all;’ ‘the Bill, the whole Bill, and nothing but the Bill;’ ‘blood is thicker than water;’ ‘rest and be thankful;’ ‘are they not your own flesh and blood?’