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Every thing is of use to a houskeeper.
Every thing is of use to a houskeeper.
It's a proud horse that will not carry his owne provender.
It's a proud horse that will not carry his owne provender.
Our neighbour's crop is always more fruitful and his cattle
produce more milk than our own.
Our neighbour's crop is always more fruitful and his cattle
produce more milk than our own.
Come, we burn daylight, ho!
Nay, that's not so.
I mean, sir, in delay
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Come, we burn daylight, ho!
Nay, that's not so.
I mean, sir, in delay
We waste our lights in vain, like lamps by day.
Spectacles are deaths Harquebuze.
Spectacles are deaths Harquebuze.
We believe not a liar, even when he is speaking the truth.
We believe not a liar, even when he is speaking the truth.
Whom does undeserved honour please, and undeserved blame alarm,
but the base and the liar?
Whom does undeserved honour please, and undeserved blame alarm,
but the base and the liar?
Try your skill in gilt first, and then in gold.
Try your skill in gilt first, and then in gold.
