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No Church-yard is so handsom, that a man would desire straight to
bee buried there.
No Church-yard is so handsom, that a man would desire straight to
bee buried there.
To take the nuts from the fire with the dogges foot.
[To take the nuts from the fire with read more
To take the nuts from the fire with the dogges foot.
[To take the nuts from the fire with the dog's foot.]
Savage bears agree with one another.
Savage bears agree with one another.
Hee that eats the hard shall eate the ripe.
Hee that eats the hard shall eate the ripe.
An old mans staffe is the rapper of deaths doore.
An old mans staffe is the rapper of deaths doore.
They are raised on high that their fall may be the greater.
They are raised on high that their fall may be the greater.
He will often have to scratch his head, and bite his nails to the
quick. [To succeed he will read more
He will often have to scratch his head, and bite his nails to the
quick. [To succeed he will have to puzzle his brains and work
hard.]
