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The Old Margate Hoy.
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Confessions of a Drunkard
Popular Fallacies:-
I. That a Bully is always a Coward.
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II. That Ill-gotten Gain never Prospers
III. That a Man must not Laugh at his own Jest
IV. That such a One shows his Breeding.-That
it is Easy to Perceive he is no Gentleman
V. That the Poor Copy the Vices of the Rich
VI. That Enough is as Good as a Feast
VII. Of Two Disputants, the Warmest is generally
in the Wrong
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VIII. That Verbal Allusions are not Wit, because
they will not bear a Translation
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IX. That the Worst Puns are the Best
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X. That Handsome is that Handsome Does
XI. That we must not Look a Gift-Horse in the
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Mouth
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XII. That Home is Home though it is never so
Homely
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XIII. That You must Love Me and Love my Dog 223
XIV. That we should Rise with the Lark
XV. That we should Lie Down with the Lamb
XVI. That a Sulky Temper is a Misfortune