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The whole family is packed into one trap.
The whole family is packed into one trap.
Hold their nose to the grindstone.
Hold their nose to the grindstone.
There were no ill language, if it were not ill taken.
There were no ill language, if it were not ill taken.
To-night, at least, to-night be gay,
Whate'er to-morrow brings.
To-night, at least, to-night be gay,
Whate'er to-morrow brings.
Who gathers thistles, may expect pricks.
Who gathers thistles, may expect pricks.
Wee know not who lives or dies.
Wee know not who lives or dies.
No man is a hero to his valet.
[Fr., Il n'y a pas de grand homme pour son valet-de-chambre.]
No man is a hero to his valet.
[Fr., Il n'y a pas de grand homme pour son valet-de-chambre.]
Hard toil can roughen form and face,
And want call quench the eye's bright grace.
Hard toil can roughen form and face,
And want call quench the eye's bright grace.
We know this to be all nonsense.
We know this to be all nonsense.