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There were no ill language, if it were not ill taken.
There were no ill language, if it were not ill taken.
Whether you boyle snow or pound it, you can have but water of it.
Whether you boyle snow or pound it, you can have but water of it.
Ask but enough, and you may lower the price as you list.
Ask but enough, and you may lower the price as you list.
Fortune, delighting in her cruel task, and playing her wanton
game untiringly, is ever shifting her uncertain favours.
Fortune, delighting in her cruel task, and playing her wanton
game untiringly, is ever shifting her uncertain favours.
If you have a sword, we have a toasting-fork at home.
If you have a sword, we have a toasting-fork at home.
The sun sets without thy assistance.
The sun sets without thy assistance.
Then westward ho!
Grace and good disposition attend your ladyship.
Then westward ho!
Grace and good disposition attend your ladyship.
For there's no motion
That tends to vice in man, but I affirm
It is the woman's read more
For there's no motion
That tends to vice in man, but I affirm
It is the woman's part.