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Busily engaged in doing nothing. [A squirrel in a cage.]
Busily engaged in doing nothing. [A squirrel in a cage.]
Hee that dines and leaves, layes the cloth twice.
Hee that dines and leaves, layes the cloth twice.
The success of the wicked tempts many to sin.
The success of the wicked tempts many to sin.
Tam lo'ed him like a vera brither;
They had been fou for weeks thegither.
Tam lo'ed him like a vera brither;
They had been fou for weeks thegither.
Slow rises worth by poverty depressed.
Slow rises worth by poverty depressed.
I'll put a spoke among your wheels.
I'll put a spoke among your wheels.
The mother endures with greater courage the loss of one out many
children, than she who, in her tears, read more
The mother endures with greater courage the loss of one out many
children, than she who, in her tears, exclaims, "Thou wast my
only one!"
Who doth his owne businesse, foules not his hands.
Who doth his owne businesse, foules not his hands.
