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Crime requires further crime to conceal it.
Crime requires further crime to conceal it.
Words are men's daughters, but God's sons are things.
Words are men's daughters, but God's sons are things.
Each age has deemed the new-born year
The fittest time for festal cheer.
Each age has deemed the new-born year
The fittest time for festal cheer.
Water trotted is as good as oates.
Water trotted is as good as oates.
He that feares death lives not.
He that feares death lives not.
He stands the shadow of a mighty name.
[Lat., Stat magni nominis umbra.]
He stands the shadow of a mighty name.
[Lat., Stat magni nominis umbra.]
Let him who has granted a favour speak not of it; let him who has
received one, proclaim it.
Let him who has granted a favour speak not of it; let him who has
received one, proclaim it.
Fieldes have eies and woodes have eares.
Fieldes have eies and woodes have eares.
