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The groundsell speakes not save what it heard at the hinges.
The groundsell speakes not save what it heard at the hinges.
A sleepy master makes his servant a Lowt.
A sleepy master makes his servant a Lowt.
Marriages are made in Heaven.
Marriages are made in Heaven.
To pull the chestnuts from the fire with the cat's paw.
To pull the chestnuts from the fire with the cat's paw.
Thus woe succeeds a woe, as wave a wave.
Thus woe succeeds a woe, as wave a wave.
Even when the wound is healed the scar remains.
Even when the wound is healed the scar remains.
Good is the mora that makes all sure.
Good is the mora that makes all sure.
A little fire is quickly trodden out;
Which, being suffer'd, rivers cannot quench.
A little fire is quickly trodden out;
Which, being suffer'd, rivers cannot quench.
His bark is worse than his bite.
His bark is worse than his bite.
