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Whether you boyle snow or pound it, you can have but water of it.
Whether you boyle snow or pound it, you can have but water of it.
Her grief is real who grieves when no one is by.
Her grief is real who grieves when no one is by.
I am not now in fortune's power,
He that is down can fall no lower.
I am not now in fortune's power,
He that is down can fall no lower.
To take the nuts from the fire with the dogges foot.
[To take the nuts from the fire with read more
To take the nuts from the fire with the dogges foot.
[To take the nuts from the fire with the dog's foot.]
To live with them is far less sweet,
Than to remember thee!
To live with them is far less sweet,
Than to remember thee!
What lies concealed is unknown; there can be no desire for what
is not known.
What lies concealed is unknown; there can be no desire for what
is not known.
An excess of hoarded wealth is the death of many.
An excess of hoarded wealth is the death of many.
The Bathe of the Blackamoor hath sworne not to whiten.
The Bathe of the Blackamoor hath sworne not to whiten.
Every mile is two in winter.
Every mile is two in winter.
