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Endure the present, and watch for better things.
Endure the present, and watch for better things.
Poor Peggy hawks nosegays from street to street
Till--think of that who find life so sweet!--
She read more
Poor Peggy hawks nosegays from street to street
Till--think of that who find life so sweet!--
She hates the smell of roses!
In vaine is the mill-clacke, if the Miller his hearing lack.
In vaine is the mill-clacke, if the Miller his hearing lack.
How can man die better,
Than facing fearful odds
For the ashes of this fathers
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How can man die better,
Than facing fearful odds
For the ashes of this fathers
And the temples of his gods?
To meditate an injury is to commit one.
To meditate an injury is to commit one.
Hee that will deceive the fox, must rise betimes.
Hee that will deceive the fox, must rise betimes.
Fortune gives too much to many, enough to none.
[Lat., Fortuna multis dat nimis, satis nulli.]
Fortune gives too much to many, enough to none.
[Lat., Fortuna multis dat nimis, satis nulli.]
You cannot hide an eele in a sacke.
You cannot hide an eele in a sacke.
