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An examin'd enterprize goes on boldly.
An examin'd enterprize goes on boldly.
Fire is next akin to smoke.
Fire is next akin to smoke.
The grief of an heir is only masked laughter.
The grief of an heir is only masked laughter.
I am not what I once was.
[Lat., Non sum qualis eram.]
I am not what I once was.
[Lat., Non sum qualis eram.]
Hee that dines and leaves, layes the cloth twice.
Hee that dines and leaves, layes the cloth twice.
Hee that blowes in the dust fills his eyes with it.
Hee that blowes in the dust fills his eyes with it.
What were vices have become the fashion of the day.
What were vices have become the fashion of the day.
Early, bright, transient, chaste, as morning dew
She sparkled, was exhal'd, and went to heaven.
Early, bright, transient, chaste, as morning dew
She sparkled, was exhal'd, and went to heaven.
