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The gallant Sir Robert fought hard to the end,
But who can with fate and quart bumpers contend?
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The gallant Sir Robert fought hard to the end,
But who can with fate and quart bumpers contend?
Though Fate said, a hero should perish ill light;
So up rose bright Phoebus, and down fell the knight.
Why, then, do you walk as if you had swallowed a ramrod?
Why, then, do you walk as if you had swallowed a ramrod?
Take away her rewards, and who will ever clasp naked Virtue to
his bosom?
Take away her rewards, and who will ever clasp naked Virtue to
his bosom?
The sharper is the berry, the sweeter is the wine.
The sharper is the berry, the sweeter is the wine.
What mare's nest hast thou found?
What mare's nest hast thou found?
When a man is pleased with the lot of others, he is dissatisfied
with his own, as a matter read more
When a man is pleased with the lot of others, he is dissatisfied
with his own, as a matter of course.
Who gathers thistles, may expect pricks.
Who gathers thistles, may expect pricks.
Clean hands are better than full ones in the sight of God.
Clean hands are better than full ones in the sight of God.
