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At length cried she, I'll marry:
What should I tarry for?
I may lead apes in hell forever.

— Charles Dibdin

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There ’s a sweet little cherub that sits up aloft,
To keep watch for the life of poor Jack.

Poor Jack (1788)

But they that han't pity, why I pities they.

In every mess I find a friend,
In every port a wife.

For a soldier I listed, to grow great in fame.
And be shot at for sixpence a day.

Letters (1774)

His form was of the manliest beauty,
His heart was kind and soft;
Faithful below he did his duty,
But now he ’s gone aloft.

Tom Bowling (1788)

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The best way to worship God is to love your wife.

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