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With emptie hands men may no haukes lure.
With emptie hands men may no haukes lure.
Whither goest thou?
[Lat., Quo vadis?]
Whither goest thou?
[Lat., Quo vadis?]
The tear that is wiped with a little address,
May be follow'd perhaps by a smile.
The tear that is wiped with a little address,
May be follow'd perhaps by a smile.
Nature never says one thing, and science another.
Nature never says one thing, and science another.
Scared out of his seven senses.
Scared out of his seven senses.
A penny spar'd is twice got.
A penny spar'd is twice got.
The girl is the smallest portion of herself. [The girl is all
crinoline and chignon.]
The girl is the smallest portion of herself. [The girl is all
crinoline and chignon.]
Now out of this nettle, danger, will I pluck the flower, safety.
Now out of this nettle, danger, will I pluck the flower, safety.
