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Come, let us take a lesson from our forefathers, and enjoy the
Christmas holyday.
Come, let us take a lesson from our forefathers, and enjoy the
Christmas holyday.
No Church-yard is so handsom, that a man would desire straight to
bee buried there.
No Church-yard is so handsom, that a man would desire straight to
bee buried there.
The pleasure of what we enjoy is lost by coveting more.
The pleasure of what we enjoy is lost by coveting more.
On their own merits modest men are dumb.
On their own merits modest men are dumb.
First come, first served.
First come, first served.
'Tis dangerous to take a cold, to sleep, to drink; but I tell you,
my lord fool, out of read more
'Tis dangerous to take a cold, to sleep, to drink; but I tell you,
my lord fool, out of this nettle, danger, we pluck this flower,
safety.
Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.
Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.
I had rather ride on an asse that carries me, then a horse that
throwes me.
I had rather ride on an asse that carries me, then a horse that
throwes me.
Bashfulness is an enemy to poverty.
Bashfulness is an enemy to poverty.
