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Those who scratch their hair with one finger. [Fearing to
discompose their curls. Dandies.]
Those who scratch their hair with one finger. [Fearing to
discompose their curls. Dandies.]
Drunkenness is nothing but voluntary madness.
[Lat., Nihil aliud est ebrietas quam voluntaria insania.]
Drunkenness is nothing but voluntary madness.
[Lat., Nihil aliud est ebrietas quam voluntaria insania.]
Love-quarrels oft in pleasing concord end.
Love-quarrels oft in pleasing concord end.
Your pot broken seemes better then my whole one.
Your pot broken seemes better then my whole one.
In the husband wisedome, in the wife gentlenesse.
In the husband wisedome, in the wife gentlenesse.
A tigress, robb'd of young, a lioness,
Or other interesting beast of prey,
Are similes at hand read more
A tigress, robb'd of young, a lioness,
Or other interesting beast of prey,
Are similes at hand for the distress
Of ladies who cannot have their own way.
Love makes one fitt for any work.
Love makes one fitt for any work.
You may safely leave that matter to take care of itself.
You may safely leave that matter to take care of itself.
When we our betters see bearing our woes,
We scarcely think our miseries our foes.
When we our betters see bearing our woes,
We scarcely think our miseries our foes.
