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A bad dog never sees the Wolfe.
A bad dog never sees the Wolfe.
Building is a sweet impoverishing.
Building is a sweet impoverishing.
He has hay upon his horn. [He is a mischievous person.]
He has hay upon his horn. [He is a mischievous person.]
In sports and journeys men are knowne.
In sports and journeys men are knowne.
It is sheer folly to take unwilling hounds to the chase.
It is sheer folly to take unwilling hounds to the chase.
There is no evil without its compensation.
There is no evil without its compensation.
God keepe me from foure houses, an Vsurers, a Taverne, a Spittle,
and a Prison.
God keepe me from foure houses, an Vsurers, a Taverne, a Spittle,
and a Prison.
What! can so young a thorn begin to prick?
What! can so young a thorn begin to prick?
Oft expectation fails, and most oft there,
Where most it promises.
Oft expectation fails, and most oft there,
Where most it promises.
