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O, what a world of vile ill-favored faults
Looks handsome in three hundred pounds a year.
O, what a world of vile ill-favored faults
Looks handsome in three hundred pounds a year.
He that trusts much Obliges much, says the Spaniard.
He that trusts much Obliges much, says the Spaniard.
He that seekes trouble never misses.
[He that seeks trouble never misses.]
He that seekes trouble never misses.
[He that seeks trouble never misses.]
Myself acquainted with misfortune, I learn to help the
unfortunate.
Myself acquainted with misfortune, I learn to help the
unfortunate.
I see the better course and approve of it; I follow, alas! the
worse!
I see the better course and approve of it; I follow, alas! the
worse!
Catch the opportunity while it lasts, and rely not on what the
morrow may bring.
Catch the opportunity while it lasts, and rely not on what the
morrow may bring.
I'ld charm her with the magic of a switch.
I'ld charm her with the magic of a switch.
Power call achieve more by gentle means than by violence.
Power call achieve more by gentle means than by violence.
Add a sprinkling of folly to your long deliberations.
Add a sprinkling of folly to your long deliberations.
