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Ships feare fire more then water.
Ships feare fire more then water.
Like St. George, always in his saddle, never on his way.
- Clement Walker,
Like St. George, always in his saddle, never on his way.
- Clement Walker,
Stay a little, that we may make an end the sooner.
Stay a little, that we may make an end the sooner.
Whose own hard dealings teaches them suspect
The thoughts of others.
Whose own hard dealings teaches them suspect
The thoughts of others.
He complaines wrongfully on the sea that twice suffers shipwrack.
He complaines wrongfully on the sea that twice suffers shipwrack.
It is sheer folly when all is gone to lose even one's passage
money.
It is sheer folly when all is gone to lose even one's passage
money.
To a greedy eating horse a short halter.
To a greedy eating horse a short halter.
Politeness and an affable address are our best introduction.
Politeness and an affable address are our best introduction.
The greatest step is that out of doores.
[The greatest step is that out of doors.]
The greatest step is that out of doores.
[The greatest step is that out of doors.]
