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Money, as it increases, becomes either the master or the slave of
ts owner.
Money, as it increases, becomes either the master or the slave of
ts owner.
Poor Peggy hawks nosegays from street to street
Till--think of that who find life so sweet!--
She read more
Poor Peggy hawks nosegays from street to street
Till--think of that who find life so sweet!--
She hates the smell of roses!
A lie that is half a truth is ever the blackest of lies.
A lie that is half a truth is ever the blackest of lies.
We frolic while 'tis May.
We frolic while 'tis May.
He that tells a secret is anothers servant.
He that tells a secret is anothers servant.
A fickle and capricious woman.
A fickle and capricious woman.
O wad some power the giftie gie us
To see oursel's as ithers see us!
It wad read more
O wad some power the giftie gie us
To see oursel's as ithers see us!
It wad frae monie a blunder free us.
And foolish notion;
What airs in dress and gait wad lea'e us,
And ev'n devotion!
To gaine teacheth how to spend.
To gaine teacheth how to spend.
He blames Neptune unjustly who twice suffers shipwreck.
He blames Neptune unjustly who twice suffers shipwreck.
