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In a calm sea every man is a pilot.
English Proverbs (1670)
He speaks Bear-garden.
That is, such rude and uncivil, or sordid and dirty language, as the rabble that frequent those sports, are wont to use.
English Proverbs (1670)
If wishes were butter-cakes, beggars might bite.
If wishes were thrushes, beggars would eat birds.
If wishes would bide, beggars would ride.
English Proverbs (1670)
As full as a piper's bag; as a tick.
English Proverbs (1670)
I cannot but look upon the strange Instinct of this noisome and troublesome Creature a Louse, of searching out foul and nasty Clothes to harbor and breed in, as an Effect of divine Providence, design'd to deter Men and Women from Sluttishness and Sordidness.
The Wisdom of God Manifested in the Works of the Creation (1691)
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