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Drink boys, drink boys,
Drive away your sorrow!
Drink boys, drink boys,
Drive away your sorrow!
A man may cry, Church! Church! at ev'ry word,
With no pore piety than other people--
A read more
A man may cry, Church! Church! at ev'ry word,
With no pore piety than other people--
A daw's not reckoned a religious bird
Because it keeps a-cawing from a steeple.
Providence is better then a rent.
Providence is better then a rent.
The cautious wolf fears the pit, the hawk regards with suspicion
the snare laid for her, and the fish read more
The cautious wolf fears the pit, the hawk regards with suspicion
the snare laid for her, and the fish the hook in its concealment.
We are often saved from crime by the disgrace of others.
We are often saved from crime by the disgrace of others.
He that's long a giving, knowes not how to give.
He that's long a giving, knowes not how to give.
Be firm or mild as the occasion may require.
Be firm or mild as the occasion may require.
To be too busie gets contempt.
To be too busie gets contempt.
Remind a man of what he remembers, and you will make him forget
it.
Remind a man of what he remembers, and you will make him forget
it.
