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The longest Day hath an Eueninge.
The longest Day hath an Eueninge.
To pull the chestnuts from the fire with the cat's paw.
To pull the chestnuts from the fire with the cat's paw.
Yielded with coy submission, modest pride,
And sweet reluctant amorous delay.
Yielded with coy submission, modest pride,
And sweet reluctant amorous delay.
Look here, he cries (to give him words):
Thou feathered clay, thou scum of birds!
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Look here, he cries (to give him words):
Thou feathered clay, thou scum of birds!
Look here, thou vile, predestined sinner,
Doomed to be roasted for a dinner.
He has carried every point, who has combined that which is useful
with that which is agreeable.
He has carried every point, who has combined that which is useful
with that which is agreeable.
But, Clifford, tell me, didst thou never hear,
That things ill got had ever bad success?
But, Clifford, tell me, didst thou never hear,
That things ill got had ever bad success?
Poore and liberall, rich and coveteous.
Poore and liberall, rich and coveteous.
Cover your selfe with your shield, and care not for cryes.
Cover your selfe with your shield, and care not for cryes.
The horse thinkes one thing, and he that sadles him another.
The horse thinkes one thing, and he that sadles him another.