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An oyster may be crossed in love! Who says
A whale's a bird?--Ha! did you call my love?--
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An oyster may be crossed in love! Who says
A whale's a bird?--Ha! did you call my love?--
He's here! He's there! he's everywhere!
An me! he's nowhere!
The February born will find
Sincerity and peace of mind;
Freedom from passion and from care,
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The February born will find
Sincerity and peace of mind;
Freedom from passion and from care,
If they the Pearl (also green Amethyst) will wear.
It's a wery remarkable circumstance, sir," said Sam, "that
poverty and oysters always seem to go together."
It's a wery remarkable circumstance, sir," said Sam, "that
poverty and oysters always seem to go together."
The rarest things in the world, next to a spirit of discernment,
are diamonds and pearls.
[Fr., Apres read more
The rarest things in the world, next to a spirit of discernment,
are diamonds and pearls.
[Fr., Apres l'esprit de discernement, ce qu'il y a au monde de
plus rare, ce sont les diamants et les perles.]
Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man, seeking
goodly pearls;
Who, when he had read more
Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man, seeking
goodly pearls;
Who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold
all that he had, and bought it.
He was a bold man that first eat an oyster.
He was a bold man that first eat an oyster.
Secret, and self-contained, and solitary as an oyster.
Secret, and self-contained, and solitary as an oyster.
The oyster is unseasonable and unwholesome in all months that
have not the letter R in their name.
The oyster is unseasonable and unwholesome in all months that
have not the letter R in their name.
Black is a pearl in a woman's eye.
Black is a pearl in a woman's eye.
