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Man naturally yearns for novelty.
Man naturally yearns for novelty.
Fancy the Gracchi complaining of treason!
Fancy the Gracchi complaining of treason!
All that's bright must fade,--
The brightest still the fleetest;
All that's sweet was made
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All that's bright must fade,--
The brightest still the fleetest;
All that's sweet was made
But to be lost when sweetest.
Take heed of a person marked, and a Widdow thrice married.
Take heed of a person marked, and a Widdow thrice married.
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.
A curst Cow hath short hornes.
[A curst cow has short horns.]
A curst Cow hath short hornes.
[A curst cow has short horns.]
Hee that gets out of debt, growes rich.
Hee that gets out of debt, growes rich.
Nothing is so secure as that money will not defeat it.
Nothing is so secure as that money will not defeat it.
Bottling up his malice to be suppressed and brought out with
increased violence.
Bottling up his malice to be suppressed and brought out with
increased violence.
