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Thou, old Adam's likeness, set to dress this garden. Thou, old Adam's likeness, set to dress this garden.

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Adam and Eve | gardens and gardening

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1st Murderer. Where's thy conscience now?...
2nd Murderer. I'll not meddle with it. It makes a man a coward.... It fills a ma... - MORE 1st Murderer. Where's thy conscience now?...
2nd Murderer. I'll not meddle with it. It makes a man a coward.... It fills a man full of obstacles. It made me once restore a purse of gold that by chance I found. It beggars any man that keeps it. It is turned out of towns and cities for a dangerous thing, and every man that means to live well endeavors to trust to himself and live without it.

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conscience | poverty and the poor | wealth

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Poor fellow never joyed since the price of oats rose, it was
the death of him. Poor fellow never joyed since the price of oats rose, it was
the death of him.

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money | happiness

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I know a trick worth two of that. I know a trick worth two of that.

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cleverness | device

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He's a very dog to the commonalty. He's a very dog to the commonalty.

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people | politics | state

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You spotted snakes with double tongue,
Thorny hedgehogs, be not seen.... - MORE You spotted snakes with double tongue,
Thorny hedgehogs, be not seen.
Newts and blindworms, do no wrong,
Come not near our Fairy Queen.

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animals | fairies | songs

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Weaving spiders, come not here;
Hence, you longlegged spinners, hence!... - MORE Weaving spiders, come not here;
Hence, you longlegged spinners, hence!
Beetles black approach not near;
Worm nor snail, do no offence.

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insects | creatures | songs

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Come, thou shalt go home, and we'll have flesh for holidays, fish for fasting-days, and moreo'er puddings and flap-jacks, and thou... - MORE Come, thou shalt go home, and we'll have flesh for holidays, fish for fasting-days, and moreo'er puddings and flap-jacks, and thou shalt be welcome.

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eating | welcome

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Our sea-walled garden, the whole land,
Is full of weeds, her fairest flowers choked up,... - MORE Our sea-walled garden, the whole land,
Is full of weeds, her fairest flowers choked up,
Her fruit-trees all unpruned, her hedges ruined,
Her knots disordered, and her wholesome herbs
Swarming with caterpillars.

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disorder | gardens and gardening

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How now, which of your hips has the most profound sciatica? How now, which of your hips has the most profound sciatica?

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diseases | insults

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