happy’s the wooing that is not long a-doing
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1576 R. EDWARDS Paradise of Dainty Devices 71 Thrise happie is that woying That is not long a doyng.
1624 BURTON Anatomy of Melancholy (ed. 2) III. ii. Blessed is the wooing, That is not long a doing.
1754 RICHARDSON Grandison I. ix. What signifies shilly-shally? What says the old proverb? ‘Happy’s the wooing, That is not long a doing.’
1842 R. H. BARHAM 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 A. CHRISTIE Mysterious Mr. Quin iii. The old saying..‘Happy the wooing that’s not long doing.’
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