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The tempest threatens before it comes; houses creak before they
fall.
The tempest threatens before it comes; houses creak before they
fall.
Every mile is two in winter.
Every mile is two in winter.
No scene of mortal life but teems with mortal woe.
No scene of mortal life but teems with mortal woe.
Love, well thou know'st no partnership allows,
Cupid averse rejects divided vows.
Love, well thou know'st no partnership allows,
Cupid averse rejects divided vows.
There was not a greater gourmand living.
There was not a greater gourmand living.
Let nothing offensive to the ear or the eye enter these
thresholds, within which youth dwells.
Let nothing offensive to the ear or the eye enter these
thresholds, within which youth dwells.
The Reverend are ever before.
The Reverend are ever before.
No sooner is a Temple built to God but the Devill builds a
Chappell hard by.
[No sooner read more
No sooner is a Temple built to God but the Devill builds a
Chappell hard by.
[No sooner is a Temple built to God but the Devil builds a chapel
hard by.]
Idleness ruins the constitution.
Idleness ruins the constitution.
