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Hee that brings good newes knockes hard.
Hee that brings good newes knockes hard.
Yes! ready money is Aladdin's lamp.
Yes! ready money is Aladdin's lamp.
Hee that doth what hee will, doth not what he ought.
Hee that doth what hee will, doth not what he ought.
To go where the King goes afoot (i.e. to the stool).
To go where the King goes afoot (i.e. to the stool).
It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gone
his way, then he boasteth.
It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gone
his way, then he boasteth.
He that would be well, needs not goe from his owne house.
He that would be well, needs not goe from his owne house.
The moon is made of a green cheese.
The moon is made of a green cheese.
The more honesty a man has the less he affects the air of a
saint.
The more honesty a man has the less he affects the air of a
saint.
Yestreen, when to the trembling string
The dance gaed thro' the lighted ha',
To thee my fancy read more
Yestreen, when to the trembling string
The dance gaed thro' the lighted ha',
To thee my fancy took its wing;
I sat, but neither heard nor saw.
