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It is sheer folly to take unwilling hounds to the chase.
It is sheer folly to take unwilling hounds to the chase.
That's the best gowne that goes up and downe the house.
That's the best gowne that goes up and downe the house.
The lofty pine is most easily brought low by the force of the
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The lofty pine is most easily brought low by the force of the
wind, and the higher the tower the greater the fall thereof.
If the old dog barke he gives counsell.
If the old dog barke he gives counsell.
I was taken by a morsell, saies the fish.
[I was taken by a morsel, says the fish.]
I was taken by a morsell, saies the fish.
[I was taken by a morsel, says the fish.]
She was one of those who by fortune's boon
Are born, as they say, with a silver spoon
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She was one of those who by fortune's boon
Are born, as they say, with a silver spoon
In her mouth, not a wooden ladle.
The charges of building and making of gardens are unknowne.
The charges of building and making of gardens are unknowne.
