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As shines the moon amid the lesser fires.
As shines the moon amid the lesser fires.
Make ducks and drakes with shillings.
Make ducks and drakes with shillings.
Like Theon (i.e., a calumniating disposition).
[Lat., Dens Theonia.]
Like Theon (i.e., a calumniating disposition).
[Lat., Dens Theonia.]
Needle in a bottle of hay.
Needle in a bottle of hay.
Something given that way.
Something given that way.
To swallow gudgeons ere they're catch'd.
And count their chickens ere they're hatch'd.
To swallow gudgeons ere they're catch'd.
And count their chickens ere they're hatch'd.
Add to golden numbers golden numbers.
Add to golden numbers golden numbers.
Within a stone's throw of it.
Within a stone's throw of it.
A precious pair of brothers [i.e., rascals].
A precious pair of brothers [i.e., rascals].
