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A better farmer ne'er brushed dew from lawn, / A worse king never left a realm undone!
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A written agreement will guarantee that the prosecutor will ask the court to give credit, give a discount, reduce the sentence because of the cooperation. For the first time that will be enforceable in this sense: that if the person promises to cooperate and the court sentences on that basis and they don't cooperate, you can go back to court and get the sentence reviewed.
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A tigress robb'd of young, a lioness, Or any interesting beast of prey, Are similes at hand for the distress Of ladies who cannot have their own way
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A thousand years scarce serve to form a state; An hour may lay it in the dust
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A speech is like a love affair. Any fool can start it, but to end it requires considerable skill.
belief believe inclined passport
All are inclined to believe what they covet, from a lottery-ticket up to a passport to Paradise.
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Alas! The love of women! it is known to be a lovely and fearful thing!
affections run water
Alas! our young affections run to waste, / Or water but the desert.
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A light supper, a good night's sleep, and a fine morning have often made a hero of the same man who, by indigestion, a restless night, and a rainy morning would have proved a coward
broke came carol ear light song sweetest
A light broke in upon my brain, - / It was the carol of a bird; / It ceased, and then it came again, / The sweetest song ear ever heard.
A little still she strove, and much repented, and whispering, ""I will ne'er consent"" - consented
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Zeal for the greatness of England was the passion of his life.
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You should never assume contempt for that which it is not very manifest that you have it in your power to possess, nor does a wit ever make a more contemptible figure than when, in attempting satire, he shows that he does not understand that which he would make the subject of his ridicule.
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Your letter of excuses has arrived. I receive the letter but do not admit the excuses except in courtesy, as when a man treads on your toes and begs your pardon -- the pardon is granted, but the joint aches, especially if there is a corn upon it.