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I have cut my leg with my own adze.
I have cut my leg with my own adze.
To rise with the lark, and go to bed with the lamb.
To rise with the lark, and go to bed with the lamb.
Repentance follows hasty counsels.
[Lat., Velox consilium sequitur poenitentia.]
Repentance follows hasty counsels.
[Lat., Velox consilium sequitur poenitentia.]
The present century was growing blind
To the great Marlborough's skill in giving knocks,
Until his late read more
The present century was growing blind
To the great Marlborough's skill in giving knocks,
Until his late life by Archdeacon Coxe.
A full belly neither fights nor flies well.
A full belly neither fights nor flies well.
Fair tresses man's imperial race ensnare,
And beauty draws us with a single hair.
Fair tresses man's imperial race ensnare,
And beauty draws us with a single hair.
We praise old times, but show no curiosity about modern events.
We praise old times, but show no curiosity about modern events.
Give a clowne your finger, and he will take your hand.
Give a clowne your finger, and he will take your hand.
