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A pleasure long expected is deare enough sold.
A pleasure long expected is deare enough sold.
He who quarrels with a drunken man injures one who is absent.
He who quarrels with a drunken man injures one who is absent.
But men are men; the best sometimes forget.
But men are men; the best sometimes forget.
The mighty pyramids of stone
That wedge-like cleave the desert airs,
When nearer seen, and better known,
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The mighty pyramids of stone
That wedge-like cleave the desert airs,
When nearer seen, and better known,
Are but gigantic flights of stairs.
What! upon compulsion? No!
What! upon compulsion? No!
You cannot know wine by the barrell.
[You cannot know the wine by the barrel.]
You cannot know wine by the barrell.
[You cannot know the wine by the barrel.]
Robin Hood could brave all weathers but a thaw wind.
Robin Hood could brave all weathers but a thaw wind.
God provides for him that trusteth.
God provides for him that trusteth.
The sweetest honey
Is loathsome in his own deliciousness
And in the taste confounds the appetite.
The sweetest honey
Is loathsome in his own deliciousness
And in the taste confounds the appetite.
