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Vnder water, famine; under snow, bread.
Vnder water, famine; under snow, bread.
It is not permitted that we should know everything.
It is not permitted that we should know everything.
The sense of death is most in apprehension.
The sense of death is most in apprehension.
'Tis an ill dog that deserves not a crust.
'Tis an ill dog that deserves not a crust.
It is a pleasant thing to be pointed at with the finger, and to
hear it said, "That is read more
It is a pleasant thing to be pointed at with the finger, and to
hear it said, "That is he."
'Tis in grain, sir; 'twill endure wind and weather.
'Tis in grain, sir; 'twill endure wind and weather.
O that Jupiter would but bring back to me the years that have
passed!
O that Jupiter would but bring back to me the years that have
passed!
The friends of the unfortunate live a long way off.
The friends of the unfortunate live a long way off.
