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Common report is not always wrong.
Common report is not always wrong.
'Tis all in vain to keep a constant pother
About one vice and fall into another.
'Tis all in vain to keep a constant pother
About one vice and fall into another.
The Queen, who sat
With lips severely placid felt the knot
Climb in her throat, and with read more
The Queen, who sat
With lips severely placid felt the knot
Climb in her throat, and with her feet unseen
Crushed the wild passion out against the floor.
Bee not a Baker, if your head be of butter.
Bee not a Baker, if your head be of butter.
The mob will now and then see things in a right light.
The mob will now and then see things in a right light.
He that hath lost his credit is dead to the world.
He that hath lost his credit is dead to the world.
Curtesie on one side only lasts not long.
Curtesie on one side only lasts not long.
The girl is the smallest portion of herself. [The girl is all
crinoline and chignon.]
The girl is the smallest portion of herself. [The girl is all
crinoline and chignon.]
He carries a stone in one hand, and offers bread with the other.
[Lat., Altera manu fert lapidem, altera read more
He carries a stone in one hand, and offers bread with the other.
[Lat., Altera manu fert lapidem, altera panem ostentat.]
