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They say, best men are moulded out of faults.
They say, best men are moulded out of faults.
Her prentice han' she tried on man,
And then she made the lasses O!
Her prentice han' she tried on man,
And then she made the lasses O!
Good words quench more then a bucket of water.
Good words quench more then a bucket of water.
By looking at squinting people you learn to squint.
By looking at squinting people you learn to squint.
Who letts his wife goe to every feast, and his horse drinke at
every water, shall neither have good read more
Who letts his wife goe to every feast, and his horse drinke at
every water, shall neither have good wife nor good horse.
Nothing moves more quickly than scandal.
Nothing moves more quickly than scandal.
O, what a world of vile ill-favored faults
Looks handsome in three hundred pounds a year.
O, what a world of vile ill-favored faults
Looks handsome in three hundred pounds a year.
Just as the felon condemn'd to die--
With a very natural loathing--
Leaving the sheriff to dream read more
Just as the felon condemn'd to die--
With a very natural loathing--
Leaving the sheriff to dream of ropes,
From his gloomy cell in a vision elopes,
To caper on sunny greens and slopes,
Instead of the dance upon nothing.
Gamsters and race-horses never last long.
Gamsters and race-horses never last long.
