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    Just as the felon condemn'd to die--
    With a very natural loathing--
    Leaving the sheriff to dream of ropes,
    From his gloomy cell in a vision elopes,
    To caper on sunny greens and slopes,
    Instead of the dance upon nothing.

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The grief of an heir is only masked laughter.

The grief of an heir is only masked laughter.

by Unknown Found in: General Sayings,
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Let that flea stick in the wa', when the dirt's dry, it'll rub
out.

Let that flea stick in the wa', when the dirt's dry, it'll rub
out.

by Unknown Found in: General Sayings,
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Still rolls and to all time shall roll the tumbling flood.

Still rolls and to all time shall roll the tumbling flood.

by Unknown Found in: General Sayings,
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Good things soon find a purchaser.

Good things soon find a purchaser.

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Modred's narrow foxy face,
Heart hiding smile, and gray persistent eye.

Modred's narrow foxy face,
Heart hiding smile, and gray persistent eye.

by Lord Alfred Tennyson Found in: General Sayings,
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With emptie hands men may no haukes lure.

With emptie hands men may no haukes lure.

by Pierre Charron Found in: General Sayings,
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All they that take the sword shall perish with the sword.

All they that take the sword shall perish with the sword.

by Bible Found in: General Sayings,
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Ill comes in by ells, and goes out by inches.

Ill comes in by ells, and goes out by inches.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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He is the least in want who is the least covetous.

He is the least in want who is the least covetous.

by Unknown Found in: General Sayings,
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