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Win us with honest trifles, to betray us
In deepest consequence.
Win us with honest trifles, to betray us
In deepest consequence.
A Marchant that gaines not, looseth.
A Marchant that gaines not, looseth.
Thou will scare be a man before thy mother.
Thou will scare be a man before thy mother.
Speake fitly, or be silent wisely.
Speake fitly, or be silent wisely.
It is more blessed to give than to receive.
It is more blessed to give than to receive.
A little more than kin, and less than kind!
A little more than kin, and less than kind!
Trifles light as air
Are to the jealous confirmations strong
As proofs of holy writ.
Trifles light as air
Are to the jealous confirmations strong
As proofs of holy writ.
At morn the blackcock trims his jetty wing,
'Tis morning prompts the linnet's blithest lay;
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At morn the blackcock trims his jetty wing,
'Tis morning prompts the linnet's blithest lay;
All Nature's children feel the matin spring
Of life reviving, with reviving day.
The escaped mouse ever feeles the taste of the bait.
The escaped mouse ever feeles the taste of the bait.
