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The miserable have no other medicine,
But only hope:
I have hope to live, and am prepared read more
The miserable have no other medicine,
But only hope:
I have hope to live, and am prepared to die.
How well I feathered by nest.
How well I feathered by nest.
Look not upon the wine when it is read, when it giveth his colour
in the cup, when it read more
Look not upon the wine when it is read, when it giveth his colour
in the cup, when it moveth itself aright.
At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.
Never without a shilling in my purse.
Never without a shilling in my purse.
Hold their nose to the grindstone.
Hold their nose to the grindstone.
If the husband once give way
To his wife's capricious sway,
For his breeches he next day
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If the husband once give way
To his wife's capricious sway,
For his breeches he next day
May go to whoop and holloa.
What your glasse telles you, will not be told by Councell.
What your glasse telles you, will not be told by Councell.
Idleness induces caprice.
Idleness induces caprice.
If the wind will not serve, take to the oars.
If the wind will not serve, take to the oars.
