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He that chastens one, chastens 20.
He that chastens one, chastens 20.
If you believe everything you read, better not read.
If you believe everything you read, better not read.
Yestreen, when to the trembling string
The dance gaed thro' the lighted ha',
To thee my fancy read more
Yestreen, when to the trembling string
The dance gaed thro' the lighted ha',
To thee my fancy took its wing;
I sat, but neither heard nor saw.
Happy, twice happy, you who dwell in the country, if you only
knew the pleasures which surround you!
Happy, twice happy, you who dwell in the country, if you only
knew the pleasures which surround you!
No Church-yard is so handsom, that a man would desire straight to
bee buried there.
No Church-yard is so handsom, that a man would desire straight to
bee buried there.
Nature abhors a vacuum.
[Fr., Natura abhorret vacuum.]
Nature abhors a vacuum.
[Fr., Natura abhorret vacuum.]
When you enter into a house, leave the anger ever at the doore.
When you enter into a house, leave the anger ever at the doore.
God, and Parents, and our Master, can never be requited.
God, and Parents, and our Master, can never be requited.
Very slight violence will break that which has once been cracked.
Very slight violence will break that which has once been cracked.
