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Items matching people taken from Dictionary of Proverbs (1917) (results page 1)

people: an image depicting or containing humans, whether individual or groups, and whether foreground or background.
Synonyms: crowds, pedestrians, onlookers, spectaters


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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]
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]
Need makes the old Wife trot;  [woodcut: barefoot old woman hitches up skirts to cross a stream]
One Man had better steal a Horse than another look over the Hedge;  [woodcut: highayman with hat and cape leads a horse]
After sweet Meat comes sour Sauce; [woodcut of stout man, seated, with bandaged foot]
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