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A man suffers death himself as often as he loses those dear to
him.
A man suffers death himself as often as he loses those dear to
him.
Let the worst come to the worst.
Let the worst come to the worst.
An inch in a miss is as good as an ell.
An inch in a miss is as good as an ell.
Oh, woman! in our hours of ease,
Uncertain, coy, and hard to please.
Oh, woman! in our hours of ease,
Uncertain, coy, and hard to please.
No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one,
and love the other; or else read more
No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one,
and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise
the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
Is it not sheer madness to live poor to die rich?
Is it not sheer madness to live poor to die rich?
He that commits a fault, thinkes every one speakes of it.
He that commits a fault, thinkes every one speakes of it.
Yestreen, when to the trembling string
The dance gaed thro' the lighted ha',
To thee my fancy read more
Yestreen, when to the trembling string
The dance gaed thro' the lighted ha',
To thee my fancy took its wing;
I sat, but neither heard nor saw.
