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Beauty is but a flower,
Which wrinkles will devour.
Beauty is but a flower,
Which wrinkles will devour.
An undying hatred, and a wound never to be healed.
An undying hatred, and a wound never to be healed.
He that cockers his child, provides for his enemie.
He that cockers his child, provides for his enemie.
Yielded with coy submission, modest pride,
And sweet reluctant amorous delay.
Yielded with coy submission, modest pride,
And sweet reluctant amorous delay.
A lady with her daughters or her nieces,
Shines like a guinea and seven shilling pieces.
A lady with her daughters or her nieces,
Shines like a guinea and seven shilling pieces.
The sharper is the berry, the sweeter is the wine.
The sharper is the berry, the sweeter is the wine.
If you are capable of submitting to insult you ought to be
insulted.
If you are capable of submitting to insult you ought to be
insulted.
Where none admire, 'tis useless to excel;
Where none are beaux, 'tis vain to be a belle.
Where none admire, 'tis useless to excel;
Where none are beaux, 'tis vain to be a belle.
Where you thinke there is bacon, there is no Chimney.
Where you thinke there is bacon, there is no Chimney.
