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Pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw.
Pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw.
No work is of such merit as to instruct from a mere cursory
perusal.
No work is of such merit as to instruct from a mere cursory
perusal.
It is but a poor establishment where there are not many
superfluous things which the owner knows not of, read more
It is but a poor establishment where there are not many
superfluous things which the owner knows not of, and which go to
the thieves.
Silence gives consent.
[Lat., Qui tacet, consentire videtur.]
Silence gives consent.
[Lat., Qui tacet, consentire videtur.]
Nature never says one thing, and science another.
Nature never says one thing, and science another.
He has no other recommendation, save an assumed and crafty
solemnity of demeanour.
He has no other recommendation, save an assumed and crafty
solemnity of demeanour.
Chuse a horse made, and a wife to make.
Chuse a horse made, and a wife to make.
He will burne his house, to warme his hands.
He will burne his house, to warme his hands.
