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Poor Peggy hawks nosegays from street to street
Till--think of that who find life so sweet!--
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Poor Peggy hawks nosegays from street to street
Till--think of that who find life so sweet!--
She hates the smell of roses!
The fatt man knoweth not, what the leane thinketh.
The fatt man knoweth not, what the leane thinketh.
Amiens was taken by the Fox, and retaken by the Lion.
Amiens was taken by the Fox, and retaken by the Lion.
A bellowing cow soon forgets her calf.
A bellowing cow soon forgets her calf.
Men shut their doors against the setting sun.
Men shut their doors against the setting sun.
The sense of death is most in apprehension.
The sense of death is most in apprehension.
The Physitian owes all to the patient, but the patient owes
nothing to him but a little mony.
The Physitian owes all to the patient, but the patient owes
nothing to him but a little mony.
There is no reliance to be placed on appearance.
There is no reliance to be placed on appearance.
The first service a child doth his father is to make him foolish.
The first service a child doth his father is to make him foolish.