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The poor man, while he apes the wealthy, effects his own ruin.
[The fable of frog and the cow.]
The poor man, while he apes the wealthy, effects his own ruin.
[The fable of frog and the cow.]
He has hay upon his horn. [He is a mischievous person.]
He has hay upon his horn. [He is a mischievous person.]
I shall speak facts; but some will say I deal in fiction.
I shall speak facts; but some will say I deal in fiction.
But thy true lovers more admire by far
Thy naked beauties; give me a cigar.
But thy true lovers more admire by far
Thy naked beauties; give me a cigar.
Rome was not built in a day.
Rome was not built in a day.
There are faults we would fain pardon.
There are faults we would fain pardon.
Hee looseth nothing, that looseth not God.
Hee looseth nothing, that looseth not God.
The singing man keepes his shop in his throate.
The singing man keepes his shop in his throate.
At morn the blackcock trims his jetty wing,
'Tis morning prompts the linnet's blithest lay;
All Nature's read more
At morn the blackcock trims his jetty wing,
'Tis morning prompts the linnet's blithest lay;
All Nature's children feel the matin spring
Of life reviving, with reviving day.