people: an image depicting or containing humans, whether individual or groups, and whether foreground or background.Synonyms: crowds, pedestrians , onlookers , spectaters
![All goes down Gutter-lane; As Wise as a Man of Gotham; As good as George of Green; [woodcut: stout man drinks from mug, holds saussage with a fork]](https://tn.fromoldbooks.org/proverbs/wm/big/pp22-23-313x200.jpg "All goes down Gutter-lane; As Wise as a Man of Gotham; As good as George of Green; [woodcut: stout man drinks from mug, holds saussage with a fork], from Dictionary of Proverbs, by Bailey, Nathan")
![Sue a Beggar and catch a Louse; Many Hands make Light Work; [woodcut: well-dressed man scratches his head standing near a beggar with outstretched hat]](https://tn.fromoldbooks.org/proverbs/wm/big/pp30-31-313x200.jpg "Sue a Beggar and catch a Louse; Many Hands make Light Work; [woodcut: well-dressed man scratches his head standing near a beggar with outstretched hat], from Dictionary of Proverbs, by Bailey, Nathan")
![Need makes the old Wife trot; [woodcut: barefoot old woman hitches up skirts to cross a stream]](https://tn.fromoldbooks.org/proverbs/wm/big/pp38-39-313x200.jpg "Need makes the old Wife trot; [woodcut: barefoot old woman hitches up skirts to cross a stream], from Dictionary of Proverbs, by Bailey, Nathan")
![One Man had better steal a Horse than another look over the Hedge; [woodcut: highayman with hat and cape leads a horse]](https://tn.fromoldbooks.org/proverbs/wm/big/pp54-55-313x200.jpg "One Man had better steal a Horse than another look over the Hedge; [woodcut: highayman with hat and cape leads a horse], from Dictionary of Proverbs, by Bailey, Nathan")
![After sweet Meat comes sour Sauce; [woodcut of stout man, seated, with bandaged foot]](https://tn.fromoldbooks.org/proverbs/wm/big/pp64-65-313x200.jpg "After sweet Meat comes sour Sauce; [woodcut of stout man, seated, with bandaged foot], from Dictionary of Proverbs, by Bailey, Nathan")
![[p.242] The Bloody Tower](https://tn.fromoldbooks.org/Knight-LondonVolII/wm/big/vol2-p242-The-Bloody-Tower-q50-195x200.jpg "[p.242] The Bloody Tower, from London (Volume II), by Knight, Charles")