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Every great house is full of saucy servants.
Every great house is full of saucy servants.
The horse thinkes one thing, and he that sadles him another.
The horse thinkes one thing, and he that sadles him another.
In the place where the tree falleth, there it shall be.
In the place where the tree falleth, there it shall be.
Fierce eagles breed not the tender dove.
Fierce eagles breed not the tender dove.
Full from the fount of Joy's delicious springs
Some bitter o'er the flowers its bubbling venom springs.
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Full from the fount of Joy's delicious springs
Some bitter o'er the flowers its bubbling venom springs.
[Lat., Medio de fonte leporum
Surgit amari aliquid, quod in ipsis floribus angat.]
The question is yet before the court.
The question is yet before the court.
Saint Luke was a Saint and a Physitian, yet is dead.
Saint Luke was a Saint and a Physitian, yet is dead.
The gallant Sir Robert fought hard to the end,
But who can with fate and quart bumpers contend?
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The gallant Sir Robert fought hard to the end,
But who can with fate and quart bumpers contend?
Though Fate said, a hero should perish ill light;
So up rose bright Phoebus, and down fell the knight.
The mind flies back with a grand recoil
From debts not due till to-morrow.
The mind flies back with a grand recoil
From debts not due till to-morrow.
