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"Rogue that I am," he whispers to himself,
"I lie, I cheat--do anything for pelf,
But who read more
"Rogue that I am," he whispers to himself,
"I lie, I cheat--do anything for pelf,
But who on earth can say I am not pious?"
A people without history is like the wind on the buffalo grass.
A people without history is like the wind on the buffalo grass.
A Daniel come to judgment! yea, a Daniel!
A Daniel come to judgment! yea, a Daniel!
Sleepe without supping, and wake without owing.
Sleepe without supping, and wake without owing.
He has hay upon his horn. [He is a mischievous person.]
He has hay upon his horn. [He is a mischievous person.]
Thus woe succeeds a woe, as wave a wave.
Thus woe succeeds a woe, as wave a wave.
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!"
The Apothecaries morter spoiles the Luters musick.
The Apothecaries morter spoiles the Luters musick.
The sad dislike those who are cheerful, and the cheerful dislike
the melancholy.
The sad dislike those who are cheerful, and the cheerful dislike
the melancholy.
