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Admirals extolled for standing still, or doing nothing with a deal of skill.
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Most satirists are indeed a public scourge; Their mildest physic is a farrier's purge; Their acrid temper turns, as soon as stirr'd,…
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If my resolution to be a great man was half so strong as it is to despise the shame of being a…
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War's a game, which, were their subjects wise, Kings would not play at.
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How happy it is to believe, with a steadfast assurance, that our petitions are heard even while we are making them; and…
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Forced from home, and all its pleasures, afric coast I left forlorn; to increase a stranger's treasures, o the raging billows borne.…
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Not to understand a treasure's worth till time has stole away the slighted good, is cause of half the poverty we feel,…
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I have a kitten,the drollest of all creatures that ever wore a cat's skin.
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A gentleman has his eyes on all those present; he is tender toward the bashful, gentle toward the distant, and merciful toward…
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A bunch of six nicer people, I couldn’t be more fortunate to call my family — from Lee Pace, who is so…
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My goal is to be one of the biggest bands in the world, and I have never been bashful about saying that.
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I am not an adult, that's my explanation of myself. Except when I am working on a set, I have all the…
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I don't mean to be bashful, but I was
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Miss Child is never bashful with butter.
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I know not which I love the most, Nor which the comeliest shows, The timid, bashful violet Or the royal-hearted rose: The…
— Phoebe Cary
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Here 's to the maiden of bashful fifteen; Here 's to the widow of fifty; Here 's to the flaunting, extravagant queen,…
— Richard Brinsley Sheridan
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