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He that feares leaves, let him not goe into the wood.
He that feares leaves, let him not goe into the wood.
He bristles with hair, like a sea-urchin or a hunted boar.
He bristles with hair, like a sea-urchin or a hunted boar.
The sun sets without thy assistance.
The sun sets without thy assistance.
His bloated paunch stands forth projecting a good eighteen
inches.
His bloated paunch stands forth projecting a good eighteen
inches.
In the house of a Fidler, all fiddle.
In the house of a Fidler, all fiddle.
I wont let a wife lead me to the altar. [I will not have a wife
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I wont let a wife lead me to the altar. [I will not have a wife
that shall be my master.]
All are presumed good, till they are found in a fault.
All are presumed good, till they are found in a fault.
How sweet the task to shield an absent friend!
I ask but this of mine to--not defend.
How sweet the task to shield an absent friend!
I ask but this of mine to--not defend.
In a retreat the lame are formost.
In a retreat the lame are formost.
