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There was not a greater gourmand living.
There was not a greater gourmand living.
Come, we burn daylight, ho!
Nay, that's not so.
I mean, sir, in delay
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Come, we burn daylight, ho!
Nay, that's not so.
I mean, sir, in delay
We waste our lights in vain, like lamps by day.
He tells old wives' tales much to the point.
He tells old wives' tales much to the point.
Oh what a goodly outside falsehood hath!
Oh what a goodly outside falsehood hath!
However exalted our position, we should still not despise the
powers of the humble.
However exalted our position, we should still not despise the
powers of the humble.
A little more than kin, and less than kind!
A little more than kin, and less than kind!
There's nothing makes me so much grieve,
As that abominable tittle-tattle,
Which is the cud eschew'd by read more
There's nothing makes me so much grieve,
As that abominable tittle-tattle,
Which is the cud eschew'd by human cattle.
Is the sun dimmed, that gnats do fly in it?
Is the sun dimmed, that gnats do fly in it?
