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O well for him whose will is strong,
He suffers, but he will not suffer long.
O well for him whose will is strong,
He suffers, but he will not suffer long.
I from the jaws of a gardener's bitch
Snatched this bone and then leapt the ditch.
I from the jaws of a gardener's bitch
Snatched this bone and then leapt the ditch.
A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband.
A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband.
The honey is sweet, but the Bee stings.
The honey is sweet, but the Bee stings.
Parsons are soules waggoners.
Parsons are soules waggoners.
Sorrow concealed, like an oven stopp'd,
Doth burn the heart to cinders, where it is.
Sorrow concealed, like an oven stopp'd,
Doth burn the heart to cinders, where it is.
The Lyon is not so fierce as they paint him.
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The Lyon is not so fierce as they paint him.
[The lion is not so fierce as they paint him.]
To be precocious
Was in her eyes a thing the most atrocious.
To be precocious
Was in her eyes a thing the most atrocious.