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Though fame is smoke,
Its fumes are frankincense to human thought.
Though fame is smoke,
Its fumes are frankincense to human thought.
Nothing is so secure as that money will not defeat it.
Nothing is so secure as that money will not defeat it.
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.
He that hath not the craft, let him shut up shop.
He that hath not the craft, let him shut up shop.
An old Physitian, and a young Lawyer.
An old Physitian, and a young Lawyer.
No thanks attach to a kindness long deferred.
No thanks attach to a kindness long deferred.
Men's language is as their lives.
Men's language is as their lives.
But that old man, who is lord of the broad estate and the hall,
Dropped off gorged from a read more
But that old man, who is lord of the broad estate and the hall,
Dropped off gorged from a scheme which left us flaccid and
drained.
