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The plant often removed cannot thrive.
The plant often removed cannot thrive.
The great would have none great and the little all little.
The great would have none great and the little all little.
The jackdaw, stript of her stolen colours, provokes our laughter.
The jackdaw, stript of her stolen colours, provokes our laughter.
A lady with her daughters or her nieces,
Shines like a guinea and seven shilling pieces.
A lady with her daughters or her nieces,
Shines like a guinea and seven shilling pieces.
Give me the ocular proof.
Give me the ocular proof.
She nourishes the poison in her veins and is consumed by a secret
fire.
She nourishes the poison in her veins and is consumed by a secret
fire.
Ask but enough, and you may lower the price as you list.
Ask but enough, and you may lower the price as you list.
His sickness increases from the remedies applied to cure it.
His sickness increases from the remedies applied to cure it.
Give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient
for me.
Give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient
for me.
