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As with a little girl playing with her nurse, the toy which she
eagerly sought she soon tires of read more
As with a little girl playing with her nurse, the toy which she
eagerly sought she soon tires of and discards.
There's nothing makes me so much grieve,
As that abominable tittle-tattle,
Which is the cud eschew'd by read more
There's nothing makes me so much grieve,
As that abominable tittle-tattle,
Which is the cud eschew'd by human cattle.
The Fox, when hee cannot reach the grapes, saies they are not
ripe.
The Fox, when hee cannot reach the grapes, saies they are not
ripe.
There come nought out of the sacke but what was there.
There come nought out of the sacke but what was there.
Who hath bitter in his mouth, spits not all sweet.
Who hath bitter in his mouth, spits not all sweet.
An Idle youth, a needy Age.
An Idle youth, a needy Age.
The coveteous spends more then the liberall.
The coveteous spends more then the liberall.
Even play has ended in fierce strife and anger.
Even play has ended in fierce strife and anger.
Marry, this is the short and the long of it.
Marry, this is the short and the long of it.
