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Justice pleaseth few in their owne house.
Justice pleaseth few in their owne house.
Dearths foreseene come not.
Dearths foreseene come not.
Maxims are the condensed good sense of nations.
Maxims are the condensed good sense of nations.
To have properly studied the liberal sciences gives a polish to
our manners, and removes all awkwardness.
To have properly studied the liberal sciences gives a polish to
our manners, and removes all awkwardness.
Speake not of a dead man at the table.
Speake not of a dead man at the table.
Oh, woman! in our hours of ease,
Uncertain, coy, and hard to please.
Oh, woman! in our hours of ease,
Uncertain, coy, and hard to please.
Feares are divided in the midst.
Feares are divided in the midst.
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!
