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The monarch drank that happy hour
The sweetest, noblest draught of power.
The monarch drank that happy hour
The sweetest, noblest draught of power.
Walls have tongues, and hedges ears.
Walls have tongues, and hedges ears.
The mother endures with greater courage the loss of one out many
children, than she who, in her tears, read more
The mother endures with greater courage the loss of one out many
children, than she who, in her tears, exclaims, "Thou wast my
only one!"
A woman and a glasse are ever in danger.
[A woman and a glass are ever in danger.]
A woman and a glasse are ever in danger.
[A woman and a glass are ever in danger.]
Though the Fox run, the chicken hath wings.
Though the Fox run, the chicken hath wings.
Slander is a shipwrack by a dry Tempest.
Slander is a shipwrack by a dry Tempest.
In the country of the blind, the one-eyed man is King.
In the country of the blind, the one-eyed man is King.
Fancy the Gracchi complaining of treason!
Fancy the Gracchi complaining of treason!
