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Breed up a crow and he'll pick out your eyes.
Breed up a crow and he'll pick out your eyes.
Your knowing a thing is nothing, unless another knows you know
it.
Your knowing a thing is nothing, unless another knows you know
it.
A lucky chance, that oft decides the fate
Of mighty monarchs.
A lucky chance, that oft decides the fate
Of mighty monarchs.
He puts his boot on his head, and his foot in his helmet.
He puts his boot on his head, and his foot in his helmet.
There would bee no great ones if there were no little ones.
There would bee no great ones if there were no little ones.
Hee that hath one hogge makes him fat, and hee that hath one son
makes him a foole.
Hee that hath one hogge makes him fat, and hee that hath one son
makes him a foole.
The girl is the smallest portion of herself. [The girl is all
crinoline and chignon.]
The girl is the smallest portion of herself. [The girl is all
crinoline and chignon.]
The mighty pyramids of stone
That wedge-like cleave the desert airs,
When nearer seen, and better known,
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The mighty pyramids of stone
That wedge-like cleave the desert airs,
When nearer seen, and better known,
Are but gigantic flights of stairs.