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I'll put a spoke among your wheels.
I'll put a spoke among your wheels.
There should be no strife with the vanquished or the dead.
There should be no strife with the vanquished or the dead.
If things look badly to-day they may look better tomorrow.
If things look badly to-day they may look better tomorrow.
To John I owed great obligation:
But John unhandsomely thought fit
To publish it to all the read more
To John I owed great obligation:
But John unhandsomely thought fit
To publish it to all the nation;
Sure John and I are more than quit.
The finest edge is made with the blunt whetstone.
The finest edge is made with the blunt whetstone.
The abuse of cabmen in a block.
The abuse of cabmen in a block.
Hee that hath a Fox for his mate, hath neede of a net at his
girdle.
Hee that hath a Fox for his mate, hath neede of a net at his
girdle.
I am undone! I have smashed the waggon. [I have ruined all.]
I am undone! I have smashed the waggon. [I have ruined all.]
Alas! sir,
In what have I offended you? What cause
Hath my behaviour given to your displeasure?
Alas! sir,
In what have I offended you? What cause
Hath my behaviour given to your displeasure?