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Were it not for the bone in the legge, all the world would turne
Carpenters (to make them crutches).
Were it not for the bone in the legge, all the world would turne
Carpenters (to make them crutches).
I hold a wolf by the ears. [I am in a dilemma I have caught a
Tartar.]
I hold a wolf by the ears. [I am in a dilemma I have caught a
Tartar.]
Hard toil can roughen form and face,
And want call quench the eye's bright grace.
Hard toil can roughen form and face,
And want call quench the eye's bright grace.
An old cat sports not with her prey.
An old cat sports not with her prey.
Lightning strikes the tops of the mountains.
Lightning strikes the tops of the mountains.
A gentlemans grayhound, and a salt-box; seeke them at the fire.
A gentlemans grayhound, and a salt-box; seeke them at the fire.
And from his ashes may be made
The violet of his native land.
And from his ashes may be made
The violet of his native land.
The word "impossible" is not in my dictionary.
The word "impossible" is not in my dictionary.
Are you not accustomed to look at home, when you abuse others?
Are you not accustomed to look at home, when you abuse others?