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Now would I give a thousand furlongs of sea for an acre of barren
ground--long heath, brown furze, anything. read more
Now would I give a thousand furlongs of sea for an acre of barren
ground--long heath, brown furze, anything. The wills above be
done, but I would fain die a dry death.
The web of life is of mingled yarn, good and ill together.
The web of life is of mingled yarn, good and ill together.
If gaming does an aged sire entice,
Then my young master swiftly learns the vice.
If gaming does an aged sire entice,
Then my young master swiftly learns the vice.
Bashfulness is an enemy to poverty.
Bashfulness is an enemy to poverty.
No lock will hold against the power of gold.
No lock will hold against the power of gold.
States have their conversions and periods as well as naturall
bodies.
States have their conversions and periods as well as naturall
bodies.
Thursday come, and the week's gone.
Thursday come, and the week's gone.
Endure the present, and watch for better things.
Endure the present, and watch for better things.
Silence gives consent.
[Lat., Qui tacet, consentire videtur.]
Silence gives consent.
[Lat., Qui tacet, consentire videtur.]
