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Busily engaged in doing nothing. [A squirrel in a cage.]
Busily engaged in doing nothing. [A squirrel in a cage.]
If the old dog barke he gives counsell.
If the old dog barke he gives counsell.
The chiefe disease that raignes this yeare is folly.
The chiefe disease that raignes this yeare is folly.
Falsehood is often rocked by truth, but she soon outgrows her
cradle, and discards her nurse.
Falsehood is often rocked by truth, but she soon outgrows her
cradle, and discards her nurse.
How oft the sight of means to do ill deeds
Makes ill deeds done.
How oft the sight of means to do ill deeds
Makes ill deeds done.
Good Americans when they die go to Paris.
Good Americans when they die go to Paris.
Nothing is impossible to industry.
Nothing is impossible to industry.
Foul-spoken coward, that thunder'st with thy tongue,
And with thy weapon nothing dar'st perform.
Foul-spoken coward, that thunder'st with thy tongue,
And with thy weapon nothing dar'st perform.
