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The girl is the smallest portion of herself. [The girl is all
crinoline and chignon.]
The girl is the smallest portion of herself. [The girl is all
crinoline and chignon.]
He that is his owne Counsellor knowes nothing sure but what hee
hath laid out.
He that is his owne Counsellor knowes nothing sure but what hee
hath laid out.
The envious will die, but envy never.
[Fr., Les envieux mourront, mais non jamais l'envie.]
The envious will die, but envy never.
[Fr., Les envieux mourront, mais non jamais l'envie.]
Be what thou wouldst seeme to be.
Be what thou wouldst seeme to be.
In the house of a Fidler, all fiddle.
In the house of a Fidler, all fiddle.
There are faults we would fain pardon.
There are faults we would fain pardon.
Our doubts are traitors,
And make us lose the good we oft might win,
By fearing to read more
Our doubts are traitors,
And make us lose the good we oft might win,
By fearing to attempt.
Sweet to the father is his first-born's birth!
Sweet to the father is his first-born's birth!
Love and a cough cannot be hid.
Love and a cough cannot be hid.
