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• The blinded boy that shootes so trim, From heaven downe did hie.
  -- Thomas Percy (1728-1811) -- King Cophetua and the Beggar-maid...
• Young Adam Cupid, he that shot so trim, When King Cophetua loved the beggar maid!
  -- William Shakespeare (1564-1616), Romeo and Juliet -- Act ii, Sc. 1...
• Poor deer," quoth he, "thou makest a testament As worldlings do, giving thy sum of more To that which had too much.
  -- William Shakespeare (1564-1616), As You Like It -- Act ii, Sc. 1...
• Homer: Though thy crest be shorn and shaven, thou, Narrato
  I said, Home...
• When I demanded of my friend what viands he preferred, He quoth
  A large cold bottle, and a small hot bird!" -- Eugene Field, "The Bottle and the Bird...
• Let thy maid servant be faithful, strong, and homely. -- Ben Frankli
• Let thy maid servant be faithful, strong, and homely. -- Benjamin Frankli
• When Arthur first in court began, And was approved king.
  -- Thomas Percy (1728-1811) -- Sir Launcelot du Lake...
• A bachelor lives like a king and dies like a beggar.