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The man that hails you Tom or Jack,
And proves by thumps upon your back
How he read more
The man that hails you Tom or Jack,
And proves by thumps upon your back
How he esteems your merit,
Is such a friend, that one had need
Be very much his friend indeed
To pardon or to bear it.
A smiling face is half the meal.
A smiling face is half the meal.
The heart-sick faintness of the hope delayed!
The heart-sick faintness of the hope delayed!
I know not which way to turn. [I am in a quandary.]
I know not which way to turn. [I am in a quandary.]
Her grief is real who grieves when no one is by.
Her grief is real who grieves when no one is by.
Love without end, hath no end, says the Spaniard: (meaning, if it
were not begun on particular ends, it read more
Love without end, hath no end, says the Spaniard: (meaning, if it
were not begun on particular ends, it would last).
To wish to be cured is half way towards cure.
To wish to be cured is half way towards cure.
Go West, young man, and grow up with the country.
Go West, young man, and grow up with the country.
Familiarity breeds contempt.
[Lat., Nimia familiaritas parit contemptum.]
Familiarity breeds contempt.
[Lat., Nimia familiaritas parit contemptum.]
