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If the destructive dice-box has pleasures for the father, the son
will be a gambler.
If the destructive dice-box has pleasures for the father, the son
will be a gambler.
A beane in liberty is better then a comfit in prison.
A beane in liberty is better then a comfit in prison.
I would have thee gone,
And yet no further than a wanton's bird,
Who lets it hop read more
I would have thee gone,
And yet no further than a wanton's bird,
Who lets it hop a little from her hand,
Like a poor prisoner in his twisted gyves,
And with a silk thread plucks it back again.
God's in His Heaven--
All's right with the world!
God's in His Heaven--
All's right with the world!
The holydays of joy are the vigils of sorrow.
The holydays of joy are the vigils of sorrow.
Three things are men most likely to be cheated in, a horse, a
wig, and a wife.
Three things are men most likely to be cheated in, a horse, a
wig, and a wife.
But civlyzation doos git forrid
Sometimes upon a powder-cart.
But civlyzation doos git forrid
Sometimes upon a powder-cart.
My ventures are not in one bottom trusted.
My ventures are not in one bottom trusted.
