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Snuffling through his nose some stale joke.
Snuffling through his nose some stale joke.
He is most powerful who governs himself.
He is most powerful who governs himself.
It's a wicked thing to make a dearth ones garner.
It's a wicked thing to make a dearth ones garner.
A man may cry, Church! Church! at ev'ry word,
With no pore piety than other people--
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A man may cry, Church! Church! at ev'ry word,
With no pore piety than other people--
A daw's not reckoned a religious bird
Because it keeps a-cawing from a steeple.
Hath not thy rose a canker, Somerset?
Hath not thy rose a thorn, Plantagenet?
Hath not thy rose a canker, Somerset?
Hath not thy rose a thorn, Plantagenet?
I escaped the Thunder, and fell into the Lightning.
I escaped the Thunder, and fell into the Lightning.
The sow that was washed is turned to her wallowing in the mire.
The sow that was washed is turned to her wallowing in the mire.
It's good tying the sack before it be full.
It's good tying the sack before it be full.
Aske much to have a little.
Aske much to have a little.