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"Lord! think, when I am swimming round, And looking where the boat is, A shark just snaps away a half Without a quarter's notice.
"One half is here, the other half Is near Columbia placed: Oh! Sally, I have got the whole Atlantic for my waist.
"But now adieu--a long adieu! I've solved death's awful riddle, And would say more, but I am doomed To break off in the middle."
TABLE-TALK OF JOHN SELDEN [Sidenote: _John Selden_] Old friends are best. King James used to call for his old shoes; they were easiest for his feet.  
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'Tis sometimes unreasonable to look after respect and reverence, either from a man's own servant, or other inferiors. A great lord and a gentleman talking together, there came a boy by, leading a calf with both his hands: says the lord to the gentleman, "You shall see me make the boy let go his calf"; with that he came towards him, thinking the boy would have put off his hat, but the boy took no notice of him. The lord seeing that, "Sirrah,"...   Selden, John

Excerpt from The Bed-Book of Happiness · This quote is about friends and friendship · Search on Google Books to find all references and sources for this quotation.

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