Diogenes, seeing a boy drink out of his hand, threw away his cup; Thoreau had an interesting mineral specimen as a parlour ornament, but it needed dusting every day, and he threw it away: it was not worth its keep.
— from The New Spirit Third Edition by Havelock Ellis
Black is not deep enough, deep enough, That won’t do.
— from The Traditional Games of England, Scotland, and Ireland (Vol 1 of 2) With Tunes, Singing-Rhymes and Methods of Playing etc. by Alice Bertha Gomme
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