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The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together;
our virtues would be proud read more
The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together;
our virtues would be proud if our faults whipped them not, and
our crimes would despair if they were not cherished by our
virtues.
The fire, with well-dried logs supplied,
Went roaring up the chimney wide.
The fire, with well-dried logs supplied,
Went roaring up the chimney wide.
An old dog barks not in vain.
An old dog barks not in vain.
Fine dressing is a foule house swept before the doores.
Fine dressing is a foule house swept before the doores.
The love of dominion is the most engrossing passion.
The love of dominion is the most engrossing passion.
The destruction of the poor is their poverty.
The destruction of the poor is their poverty.
Remind a man of what he remembers, and you will make him forget
it.
Remind a man of what he remembers, and you will make him forget
it.
She acquires momentum as she advances. [The progress of Fame or
Rumour.]
She acquires momentum as she advances. [The progress of Fame or
Rumour.]