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A gentle houswife marres the houshold.
A gentle houswife marres the houshold.
Look here, he cries (to give him words):
Thou feathered clay, thou scum of birds!
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Look here, he cries (to give him words):
Thou feathered clay, thou scum of birds!
Look here, thou vile, predestined sinner,
Doomed to be roasted for a dinner.
They let out on hire their passions and eloquence. [Referring to
lawyers.]
They let out on hire their passions and eloquence. [Referring to
lawyers.]
That least pleases us which is most urged on us.
That least pleases us which is most urged on us.
Is it not sheer madness to live poor to die rich?
Is it not sheer madness to live poor to die rich?
When the oak is before the ash, then you will only get a splash;
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When the oak is before the ash, then you will only get a splash;
when the ash is before the oak, then you may expect a soak.
O rare protector of the sheep, a wolf!
O rare protector of the sheep, a wolf!
With what knot shall I bind this Proteus, who is ever shifting
his ground?
With what knot shall I bind this Proteus, who is ever shifting
his ground?
Hee that lies long a bed, his estate feeles it.
Hee that lies long a bed, his estate feeles it.
