The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs (616 page)

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WONDERS will never cease
1776
in
Private Correspondence of D. Garrick
(1823) II. 174
You have heard, no doubt, of his giving me the reversion of a good living in Worcestershire… Wonders will never cease.
1843
Jack Hinton
I. xx.
The by-standers .. looked from one to the other, with expressions of mingled surprise and dread… ‘Blessed hour… Wonders will never cease.’
1974
Other Paths to Glory
I. vii.
Wonders will never cease… Early Tudor—practically untouched.
marvels
Happy's the WOOING that is not long a-doing
1576
Paradise of Dainty Devices
71
Thrise happie is that woying That is not long a doyng.
1624
Anatomy of Melancholy
(ed. 2)
III
. ii.
Blessed is the wooing, That is not long a doing.
1754
Grandison
I. ix.
What signifies shilly-shally? What says the old proverb? ‘Happy's the wooing, That is not long a doing.’
1842
Ingoldsby Legends
2nd Ser. ii. 40
‘Thrice happy's the wooing that's not long a-doing!’ So much time is saved in the billing and cooing.
1930
Mysterious Mr. Quin
iii.
The old saying .. ‘Happy the wooing that's not long doing.’
weddings

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