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No better than you should be.
No better than you should be.
Like Theon (i.e., a calumniating disposition).
[Lat., Dens Theonia.]
Like Theon (i.e., a calumniating disposition).
[Lat., Dens Theonia.]
Through thick and thin, both over Hill and Plain.
Through thick and thin, both over Hill and Plain.
As good as a play.
As good as a play.
As high as Heaven, as deep as Hell.
As high as Heaven, as deep as Hell.
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.
The asses' bridge.
[Lat., Pons Asinorum.]
The asses' bridge.
[Lat., Pons Asinorum.]
