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This oiled and curled Assyrian bull,
Smelling of musk and of insolence.
This oiled and curled Assyrian bull,
Smelling of musk and of insolence.
What boots it on the lineal tree to trace
Through many a branch the founders of our race.
What boots it on the lineal tree to trace
Through many a branch the founders of our race.
Present fears
Are less than horrible imaginings.
Present fears
Are less than horrible imaginings.
The finest edge is made with the blunt whetstone.
The finest edge is made with the blunt whetstone.
But, Clifford, tell me, didst thou never hear,
That things ill got had ever bad success?
But, Clifford, tell me, didst thou never hear,
That things ill got had ever bad success?
Short boughs, long vintage.
Short boughs, long vintage.
An old dog barks not in vain.
An old dog barks not in vain.
To deceive ones selfe is very easie.
To deceive ones selfe is very easie.
A shippe and a woman are ever repairing.
A shippe and a woman are ever repairing.
