..language from his royal majesty ensued, and then we were formally introduced to the fraternity by their assumed titles. "If wishes were horses," says the proverb, "beggars would ride;" and, as if in exemplification of the adage, these ... [snippet]
From W. Goodall, The Adventures of Captain Greenland (1752), we have this:
But there is an ancient saying, that, set a Beggar on Horseback, and he will ride to the Devil. Now, whether that Saying was verify'd here or not, we shall not presume to understand.
But we also seem to have a truncated version of the saying in John Trapp, Solomonis Panaretos: Or a Commentarie Upon the Books of Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and the Song of Songs (1650):
The Crown of the wise is their riches; but yet give them a foole, you put a sword into a mad man's hand; the folly of such fools will soon be foolishnesse. Why? was it not foolishnesse before they were rich? yes, but now it is become egregious foolishnesse. [Greek quotation omitted] the earth cannot beare the insolencies of such. Set a beggar on horseback
..language from his royal majesty ensued, and then we were formally introduced to the fraternity by their assumed titles. "If wishes were horses," says the proverb, "beggars would ride;" and, as if in exemplification of the adage, these ... [snippet]From W. Goodall, The Adventures of Captain Greenland (1752), we have this:But there is an ancient saying, that, set a Beggar on Horseback, and he will ride to the Devil. Now, whether that Saying was verify'd here or not, we shall not presume to understand.But we also seem to have a truncated version of the saying in John Trapp, Solomonis Panaretos: Or a Commentarie Upon the Books of Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and the Song of Songs (1650):The Crown of the wise is their riches; but yet give them a foole, you put a sword into a mad man's hand; the folly of such fools will soon be foolishnesse. Why? was it not foolishnesse before they were rich? yes, but now it is become egregious foolishnesse. [Greek quotation omitted] the earth cannot beare the insolencies of such. Set a beggar on horseback
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