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The Mr. absent, and the house dead.
The Mr. absent, and the house dead.
Thinking to bite something soft, he found it hard. [Catching a
Tartar]
Thinking to bite something soft, he found it hard. [Catching a
Tartar]
Who eates his cock alone must saddle his horse alone.
Who eates his cock alone must saddle his horse alone.
They will swear black is white.
They will swear black is white.
Well does he sleep who knows not that his sleep has been broken.
Well does he sleep who knows not that his sleep has been broken.
Hee that lies long a bed, his estate feeles it.
Hee that lies long a bed, his estate feeles it.
Wish to be what you are, and wish for no other position.
Wish to be what you are, and wish for no other position.
At morn the blackcock trims his jetty wing,
'Tis morning prompts the linnet's blithest lay;
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At morn the blackcock trims his jetty wing,
'Tis morning prompts the linnet's blithest lay;
All Nature's children feel the matin spring
Of life reviving, with reviving day.
The wise hand doth not all that the foolish mouth speakes.
The wise hand doth not all that the foolish mouth speakes.
