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He that steals an egge, will steal an oxe.
He that steals an egge, will steal an oxe.
Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh,
it is a tree of life.
Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh,
it is a tree of life.
I have a kind of alacrity in sinking.
I have a kind of alacrity in sinking.
The judge is condemned when the guilty is acquitted.
[Lat., Judex damnatur cum nocens absolvitur.]
The judge is condemned when the guilty is acquitted.
[Lat., Judex damnatur cum nocens absolvitur.]
The masters eye fattens the horse, and his foote the ground.
The masters eye fattens the horse, and his foote the ground.
To gain a livelihood at the expense of all that makes life worth
the having.
To gain a livelihood at the expense of all that makes life worth
the having.
We cannot come to honour under Coverlet.
We cannot come to honour under Coverlet.
In sports and journeys men are knowne.
In sports and journeys men are knowne.
He that lives not well one yeare, sorrowes seven after.
He that lives not well one yeare, sorrowes seven after.
