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O ye who teach the ingenuous youth of nations--
Holland, France, England, Germany or Spain;
I pray read more
O ye who teach the ingenuous youth of nations--
Holland, France, England, Germany or Spain;
I pray ye flog them upon all occasions,
It mends their morals--never mind the pain.
O how full of briars is this working-day world.
O how full of briars is this working-day world.
How much of injustice and depravity is sanctioned by custom!
How much of injustice and depravity is sanctioned by custom!
Thou will scare be a man before thy mother.
Thou will scare be a man before thy mother.
Our praises are our wages.
Our praises are our wages.
I hold a wolf by the ears. [I am in a dilemma I have caught a
Tartar.]
I hold a wolf by the ears. [I am in a dilemma I have caught a
Tartar.]
I talk of cheese, you of chalk.
I talk of cheese, you of chalk.
Frugality is the mother of all virtues.
Frugality is the mother of all virtues.
The horse thinkes one thing, and he that sadles him another.
The horse thinkes one thing, and he that sadles him another.
