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A handfull of good life is better then a bushell of learning.
A handfull of good life is better then a bushell of learning.
He that handles a nettle tenderly is soonest stung.
He that handles a nettle tenderly is soonest stung.
Giving much to the poore, doth inrich a mans store.
Giving much to the poore, doth inrich a mans store.
Inspiring bold John Barleycorn,
What dangers thou canst make us scorn!
Wi' tippenny, we fear nae evil;
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Inspiring bold John Barleycorn,
What dangers thou canst make us scorn!
Wi' tippenny, we fear nae evil;
Wi' usquebae, we'll face the devil!
Come, we burn daylight, ho!
Nay, that's not so.
I mean, sir, in delay
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Come, we burn daylight, ho!
Nay, that's not so.
I mean, sir, in delay
We waste our lights in vain, like lamps by day.
His sickness increases from the remedies applied to cure it.
His sickness increases from the remedies applied to cure it.
The more highminded a man is the more easily is his anger
appeased.
The more highminded a man is the more easily is his anger
appeased.
Her pretty action did outsell her gift,
And yet enriched it too. She gave it me and said
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Her pretty action did outsell her gift,
And yet enriched it too. She gave it me and said
She prized it once.
Mariana in the moated grange.
Mariana in the moated grange.
