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In the same [hospitable] manner that a Calabrian would press you
to eat his pears.
In the same [hospitable] manner that a Calabrian would press you
to eat his pears.
Politeness and an affable address are our best introduction.
Politeness and an affable address are our best introduction.
A gentle houswife marres the houshold.
A gentle houswife marres the houshold.
Better a near neighbour than a distant cousin.
Better a near neighbour than a distant cousin.
God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb.
God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb.
The lofty pine is most easily brought low by the force of the
wind, and the higher the tower read more
The lofty pine is most easily brought low by the force of the
wind, and the higher the tower the greater the fall thereof.
How can man die better,
Than facing fearful odds
For the ashes of this fathers
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How can man die better,
Than facing fearful odds
For the ashes of this fathers
And the temples of his gods?
For Lycidas is dead, dead ere his prime,
Young Lycidas, and hath not left his peer.
For Lycidas is dead, dead ere his prime,
Young Lycidas, and hath not left his peer.
Just staying one day ahead of yesterday.
Just staying one day ahead of yesterday.
