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To rise with the lark, and go to bed with the lamb.
To rise with the lark, and go to bed with the lamb.
What lies concealed is unknown; there can be no desire for what
is not known.
What lies concealed is unknown; there can be no desire for what
is not known.
O, what a world of vile ill-favored faults
Looks handsome in three hundred pounds a year.
O, what a world of vile ill-favored faults
Looks handsome in three hundred pounds a year.
But that old man, who is lord of the broad estate and the hall,
Dropped off gorged from a read more
But that old man, who is lord of the broad estate and the hall,
Dropped off gorged from a scheme which left us flaccid and
drained.
An idle head is a boxe for the winde.
An idle head is a boxe for the winde.
He who will not grant a favour has no right to ask one.
He who will not grant a favour has no right to ask one.
A gentle houswife marres the houshold.
A gentle houswife marres the houshold.
This oiled and curled Assyrian bull,
Smelling of musk and of insolence.
This oiled and curled Assyrian bull,
Smelling of musk and of insolence.
Wherein is the use of getting rid of one thorn out of many?
Wherein is the use of getting rid of one thorn out of many?
