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He would stroke
The head of modest and ingenuous youth,
That blushed at its own praise.
He would stroke
The head of modest and ingenuous youth,
That blushed at its own praise.
Never had ill workeman good tooles.
Never had ill workeman good tooles.
Come, shepherd, let us make an honorable retreat; though not with
bag and baggage, yet with scrip and crippage.
Come, shepherd, let us make an honorable retreat; though not with
bag and baggage, yet with scrip and crippage.
To gaine teacheth how to spend.
To gaine teacheth how to spend.
It is but a small merit to observe silence, but it is a grave
fault to speak of matters read more
It is but a small merit to observe silence, but it is a grave
fault to speak of matters on which we should be silent.
He enters the port with a full sail.
He enters the port with a full sail.
Many a smale maketh a grate.
Many a smale maketh a grate.
The eye is bigger then the belly.
[The eye is bigger than the belly.]
The eye is bigger then the belly.
[The eye is bigger than the belly.]
Slight are the outward signs of evil thought.
Slight are the outward signs of evil thought.