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When a friend askes, there is no to morrow.
When a friend askes, there is no to morrow.
Virtue may be cheerful without forgetting its dignity.
Virtue may be cheerful without forgetting its dignity.
The higher the Ape goes, the more he shewes his taile.
The higher the Ape goes, the more he shewes his taile.
Silkes and Satins put out the fire in the chimney.
Silkes and Satins put out the fire in the chimney.
O, what a world of vile ill-favored faults
Looks handsome in three hundred pounds a year.
O, what a world of vile ill-favored faults
Looks handsome in three hundred pounds a year.
He confesses his guilt who flies from his trial.
He confesses his guilt who flies from his trial.
Stolen kisses are always sweeter.
Stolen kisses are always sweeter.
The deeper the sorrow the less tongue it hath.
The deeper the sorrow the less tongue it hath.
A man may cry, Church! Church! at ev'ry word,
With no pore piety than other people--
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A man may cry, Church! Church! at ev'ry word,
With no pore piety than other people--
A daw's not reckoned a religious bird
Because it keeps a-cawing from a steeple.
