1.

Whan ended was the lyf of seint Cecile,
Er we had riden fully fiue myle,
At Boughton vnder Blee vs gan atake
A man that clothed was in clothes blake,
And vndernethe he wered a surplys.

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2.
Busie old foole, unruly Sunne,
Why dost thou thus,
Through windows, and through curtains call on us?
Must to thy motions lovers seasons run?
Sawcy pedantique wretch, goe chide
Late school boyes and sowre prentices,
Goe tell Court-huntsmen, that the King will ride,
Call countrey ants to harvest offices;

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3.
Horn. aside. A quack is as fit for a pimp, as a midwife for a bawd : they are still but in their way, both helpers of nature.--Aloud. Well, my dear doctor, hast thou done what I desired?
Quack. I have undone you for ever with the women, and reported you throughout the whole town as bad as an eunuch, with as much trouble as if I had made you one in earnest.

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4.
Once upon a Time, there was a Man who had Three Sons by one Wife, and all at a Birth, neither could the Mid-Wife tell certainly which was the Eldest. Their Father died while they were young, and upon his Death-Bed, calling the Lads to him spoke thus,
SONS; because I have purchased no estate, nor was born to any, I have long considered of some good Legacies to bequeath You; And at last, with much Care as well as Expense, have provided each of you (here they are) with a new Coat. Now, you are to understand that these Coats have two Virtues contained in them: One is, that with good wearing, they will last you fresh and sound as long as you live: The other is, that they will grow in the same proportion with your Bodies, lengthning and widening of themselves, so as to be always fit.

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5.
Sir JOHN BEVIL
Have you order’d that I should not be interrupted while I am dressing?
Humph. Yes, Sir: I believ’d you had something of Moment to say to me.
Sir J. Bev. Let me see, Humphrey; I think it is now full forty Years since I took thee, to be about my Self.
Humph. I thank you, Sir, it has been an easy forty Years; and I have pass’d ‘em without much Sickness, Care, or Labour.

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6.
That praises are without reason lavished on the dead, and that the honours due only to excellence are paid to antiquity, is a complaint likely to be always continued by those, who, being able to add nothing to truth, hope for eminence from the heresies of paradox; or those, who, being forced by disappointment upon consolatory expedients, are willing to hope from posterity what the present age refuses, and flatter themselves that the regard which is yet denied by envy, will at last be bestowed by time.

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7.
TO DOCTOR LEWIS.

DOCTOR,
The pills are good for nothing--I might as well l swallow snowballs to cool my reins--I have told you over and over how hard I am to move; and at this time of day, I ought to know something of my own constitution. Why will you be so positive? Prithee send me another prescription--I am as lame
and as much tortured in all my limbs as if I was broke upon the wheel:

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8.
Nightmare Abbey, a venerable family mansion, in a highly picturesque state of semi-dilapidation, pleasantly situated on a strip of dry land between the sea and the fens, at the verge of the county of Lincoln, had the honour to be the seat of Christopher Glowry, Esquire. This gentleman was naturally of an atrabilarious temperament, and much troubled with those phantoms of indigestion which are commonly called blue devils.

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9.
This morning I set off, in rather a drizzling rain, from Kensington, on horse-back, accompanied by my son James, with intention of going to Uphusband, near Andover, which is situated in the North West corner of Hampshire. It is very true that I could have gone to Uphusband by travelling only 60 miles, and in the space of about eight hours. But, my object was, not to see the inns and the turnpike-roads, but to see the country; to see the farmers at home, and to see the labourers in the fields; and to do this you must go either on foot or on horse-back.

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10.
When Hiram B. Otis, the American Minister, bought Canterville Chase, everyone told him he was doing a very foolish thing, as there was no doubt at all that the place was haunted.

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11. The darkness was increasing rapidly, as the whole sky had clouded, and threatened thunder. There was still some desultory shelling. When the relief had taken over from them, they set off to return to their original line as best they could. Bourne, who was beaten to the wide, gradually dropped behind, and in trying to keep the others in sight, missed his footing and fell into a shell-hole.

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12.
Okonkwo was well known throughout the nine villages and even beyond. His fame rested on solid personal achievements. As a young man of eighteen he had brought honour to his village by throwing Amalinze the Cat.

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