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Though this may be play to you,
'Tis death to us.
Though this may be play to you,
'Tis death to us.
Ill natures, the more you aske them, the more they stick.
Ill natures, the more you aske them, the more they stick.
Whither goest thou?
[Lat., Quo vadis?]
Whither goest thou?
[Lat., Quo vadis?]
What a beard hast thou got! thou hast got more hair on thy chin
than Dobbin my thill-horse has read more
What a beard hast thou got! thou hast got more hair on thy chin
than Dobbin my thill-horse has on his tail.
Go West, young man, and grow up with the country.
Go West, young man, and grow up with the country.
Good words are worth much, and cost little.
Good words are worth much, and cost little.
As the yellow gold is tried in the fire, so is sincerity tested
in adversity.
As the yellow gold is tried in the fire, so is sincerity tested
in adversity.
She loved me for the dangers I had passed,
And I loved her for having pitied them.
She loved me for the dangers I had passed,
And I loved her for having pitied them.
