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Bring a lawsuit against a man who can pay; the poor man's acts
are not worth the expence.
Bring a lawsuit against a man who can pay; the poor man's acts
are not worth the expence.
No injury can be complained of by a consenting party.
No injury can be complained of by a consenting party.
Friend, for your epitaph I'm grieved,
Where still so much is said;
One half will never be read more
Friend, for your epitaph I'm grieved,
Where still so much is said;
One half will never be believed,
The other never read.
A good bargaine is a pick-purse.
A good bargaine is a pick-purse.
A drunkards purse is a bottle.
A drunkards purse is a bottle.
Just as the felon condemn'd to die--
With a very natural loathing--
Leaving the sheriff to dream read more
Just as the felon condemn'd to die--
With a very natural loathing--
Leaving the sheriff to dream of ropes,
From his gloomy cell in a vision elopes,
To caper on sunny greens and slopes,
Instead of the dance upon nothing.
He won't, won't he? Then bring me my boots.
He won't, won't he? Then bring me my boots.
To a boyling pot flies comes not.
[To a boiling pot flies come not.]
To a boyling pot flies comes not.
[To a boiling pot flies come not.]
A great fortune is a great slavery.
A great fortune is a great slavery.
