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An inch in a miss is as good as an ell.
An inch in a miss is as good as an ell.
This is truth the poet sings,
That a sorrow's crown of sorrows is remembering happier things.
This is truth the poet sings,
That a sorrow's crown of sorrows is remembering happier things.
The fatt man knoweth not, what the leane thinketh.
The fatt man knoweth not, what the leane thinketh.
There are many things which may not be uttered by men in
threadbare coats.
There are many things which may not be uttered by men in
threadbare coats.
Well may hee smell fire, whose gowne burnes.
[Well may he smell fire, whose gown burns.]
Well may hee smell fire, whose gowne burnes.
[Well may he smell fire, whose gown burns.]
He enters the port with a full sail.
He enters the port with a full sail.
Dogs are fine in the field.
Dogs are fine in the field.
If any would not work, neither shall he eat.
If any would not work, neither shall he eat.
