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If you have a sword, we have a toasting-fork at home.
If you have a sword, we have a toasting-fork at home.
Busily engaged in doing nothing. [A squirrel in a cage.]
Busily engaged in doing nothing. [A squirrel in a cage.]
Nothing is more acceptable to a man, than a friend in time of
need.
Nothing is more acceptable to a man, than a friend in time of
need.
One ungrateful man injures all who need assistance.
One ungrateful man injures all who need assistance.
Rome was not built in a day.
Rome was not built in a day.
A sly piece of good luck, which nobody knows of is delightful.
A sly piece of good luck, which nobody knows of is delightful.
The sense of death is most in apprehension,
And the poor beetle that we tread upon
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The sense of death is most in apprehension,
And the poor beetle that we tread upon
In corporal sufferance finds a pang as great
As when a giant dies.
But, oh! the love that gold must crown!
But, oh! the love that gold must crown!