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 The girl is the smallest portion of herself. [The girl is all 
crinoline and chignon.]  
 The girl is the smallest portion of herself. [The girl is all 
crinoline and chignon.] 
He quits his place well, that leaves his friend there.
He quits his place well, that leaves his friend there.
'Tis hard to be wretched, but worse to be knowne so.
'Tis hard to be wretched, but worse to be knowne so.
Threatned men eat bread, says the Spaniard.
Threatned men eat bread, says the Spaniard.
Nothing lasts but the Church.
Nothing lasts but the Church.
The silver livery of advised age.
The silver livery of advised age.
We must every one be a man of his own fancy.
We must every one be a man of his own fancy.
 The man that heweth over high,
 Some chip falleth in his eye.  
 The man that heweth over high,
 Some chip falleth in his eye. 
Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall.
Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall.