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There should be no strife with the vanquished or the dead.
There should be no strife with the vanquished or the dead.
Be firm or mild as the occasion may require.
Be firm or mild as the occasion may require.
Every mile is two in winter.
Every mile is two in winter.
His bloated paunch stands forth projecting a good eighteen
inches.
His bloated paunch stands forth projecting a good eighteen
inches.
And we must take the current when it serves;
Or lose our ventures.
And we must take the current when it serves;
Or lose our ventures.
God is at the end, when we thinke he is furthest off it.
God is at the end, when we thinke he is furthest off it.
The Queen, who sat
With lips severely placid felt the knot
Climb in her throat, and with read more
The Queen, who sat
With lips severely placid felt the knot
Climb in her throat, and with her feet unseen
Crushed the wild passion out against the floor.
A gentle houswife marres the houshold.
A gentle houswife marres the houshold.