Nursery Rhyme. LXXXII. Proverbs.

    If wishes were horses,
        Beggars would ride;
    If turnips were watches,
        I would wear one by my side.

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Nursery Rhyme. CCCXXXVIII. Games.

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Nursery Rhyme. DLX. Natural History.

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Nursery Rhyme. LXXXIX. Proverbs.

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    A man of words and not of deeds,
    Is like a garden full of weeds;
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Nursery Rhyme. XCIII. Proverbs.

    He that would thrive
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    He that hath thriven
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Nursery Rhyme. LXXXV. Proverbs.

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Nursery Rhyme. LXXXIV. Proverbs.

    Three straws on a staff,
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Nursery Rhyme. XC. Proverbs.

    A man of words and not of deeds,
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