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Whence is that knocking?
How is't with me, when every noise appals me?
Whence is that knocking?
How is't with me, when every noise appals me?
What a beard hast thou got! thou hast got more hair on thy chin
than Dobbin my thill-horse has read more
What a beard hast thou got! thou hast got more hair on thy chin
than Dobbin my thill-horse has on his tail.
Fortune favours the bold.
Fortune favours the bold.
That should be regarded as a loss, which is won at the expense of
our reputation.
That should be regarded as a loss, which is won at the expense of
our reputation.
Manie things are lost for want of asking.
Manie things are lost for want of asking.
He that's long a giving, knowes not how to give.
He that's long a giving, knowes not how to give.
The house is a fine house, when good folks are within.
The house is a fine house, when good folks are within.
Diseases, desperate grown,
By desperate appliance are reliev'd,
Or not at all.
Diseases, desperate grown,
By desperate appliance are reliev'd,
Or not at all.
