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So was hir jolly whistel wel y-wette.
So was hir jolly whistel wel y-wette.
If the tag-rag people did not clap him and hiss him, according as
he pleased and displeased them. . read more
If the tag-rag people did not clap him and hiss him, according as
he pleased and displeased them. . . . I am no true man.
He that's long a giving, knowes not how to give.
He that's long a giving, knowes not how to give.
Who could be happy and alone or good?
Who could be happy and alone or good?
The good mother sayes not, Will you? but gives.
The good mother sayes not, Will you? but gives.
He who quarrels with a drunken man injures one who is absent.
He who quarrels with a drunken man injures one who is absent.
Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches
and honour.
Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches
and honour.
The groundsell speakes not save what it heard at the hinges.
The groundsell speakes not save what it heard at the hinges.
We may outrun,
By violent swiftness, that which we run at,
And lose by over-running.
We may outrun,
By violent swiftness, that which we run at,
And lose by over-running.