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The man that hails you Tom or Jack,
And proves by thumps upon your back
How he read more
The man that hails you Tom or Jack,
And proves by thumps upon your back
How he esteems your merit,
Is such a friend, that one had need
Be very much his friend indeed
To pardon or to bear it.
One may smile, and smile, and be a villain.
One may smile, and smile, and be a villain.
You may bring a horse to the river, but he will drinke when and
what he pleaseth.
You may bring a horse to the river, but he will drinke when and
what he pleaseth.
What an alteration of honour has
Desperate want made!
What an alteration of honour has
Desperate want made!
The heart of kings is unsearchable.
The heart of kings is unsearchable.
At morn the blackcock trims his jetty wing,
'Tis morning prompts the linnet's blithest lay;
All Nature's read more
At morn the blackcock trims his jetty wing,
'Tis morning prompts the linnet's blithest lay;
All Nature's children feel the matin spring
Of life reviving, with reviving day.
The pen is mightier than the sword.
The pen is mightier than the sword.
Gamsters and race-horses never last long.
Gamsters and race-horses never last long.
A valiant mans looke is more then a cowards sword.
A valiant mans looke is more then a cowards sword.
