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A brute without a single redeeming point.
A brute without a single redeeming point.
With but a plank between them and their fate.
With but a plank between them and their fate.
See the effect of commercial intercourse.
See the effect of commercial intercourse.
If gaming does an aged sire entice,
Then my young master swiftly learns the vice.
If gaming does an aged sire entice,
Then my young master swiftly learns the vice.
An ill deede cannot bring honour.
An ill deede cannot bring honour.
An old cat sports not with her prey.
An old cat sports not with her prey.
The Lyon is not so fierce as they paint him.
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The Lyon is not so fierce as they paint him.
[The lion is not so fierce as they paint him.]
That which will not be spun, let it not come betweene the spindle
and the distaffe.
That which will not be spun, let it not come betweene the spindle
and the distaffe.
Those who scratch their hair with one finger. [Fearing to
discompose their curls. Dandies.]
Those who scratch their hair with one finger. [Fearing to
discompose their curls. Dandies.]
