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With bated breath we offer wicked vows.
With bated breath we offer wicked vows.
A fair day in winter is the mother of a storme.
A fair day in winter is the mother of a storme.
Great deservers grow Intolerable presumers.
Great deservers grow Intolerable presumers.
Hee that hath patience hath fatt thrushes for a farthing.
Hee that hath patience hath fatt thrushes for a farthing.
The river past, and God forgotten.
The river past, and God forgotten.
Smooth runs the water where the brook is deep.
Smooth runs the water where the brook is deep.
Immodest words admit of no defence;
For want of decency is want of sense.
Immodest words admit of no defence;
For want of decency is want of sense.
This formal fool, your man, speaks naught but proverbs,
And speak men what they can to him he'll answer
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This formal fool, your man, speaks naught but proverbs,
And speak men what they can to him he'll answer
With some rhyme, rotten sentence, or old saying,
Such spokes as ye ancient of ye parish use.
He is a foolish swimmer who swims against the stream, when he
might take the current sideways.
He is a foolish swimmer who swims against the stream, when he
might take the current sideways.
