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Offline MysteRy

Re: ~ W. S. Gilbert Quotes ~
« Reply #15 on: November 19, 2015, 08:51:04 PM »
See how the Fates their gifts allot. For A is happy - B is not. Yet B is worthy I dare say Of more prosperity than A.
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« Reply #16 on: November 19, 2015, 08:51:30 PM »
And so do his sisters and his cousins and his aunts! His sisters and his cousins Whom he reckons up by dozens And his aunts!
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« Reply #17 on: November 19, 2015, 08:51:52 PM »
Oh I am a cook and a captain bold And the mate of the Nancy brig And a bo'sun tight and a midshipmate And the crew of the captain's gig.
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« Reply #18 on: November 19, 2015, 08:52:43 PM »
If you wish in this world to advance Your merits you're bound to enhance; You must stir it and stump it And blow your own trumpet Or trust me you haven't a chance.
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« Reply #19 on: November 19, 2015, 08:53:09 PM »
For he might have been a Rooshian A French or Turk or Proosian Or perhaps Italian. But in spite of all temptations To belong to other nations He remains an Englishman.
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« Reply #20 on: November 19, 2015, 08:53:35 PM »
Perhaps if you address the lady Most politely most politely Flatter and impress the lady Most politely most politely Humbly beg and humbly sue She may deign to look on you.
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« Reply #21 on: November 19, 2015, 08:54:01 PM »
Now landsmen all whoever you may be If you want to rise to the top of the tree. If your soul isn't fettered to an office stool Be careful to be guided by this golden rule - Stick close to your desks and never go to to sea And you may all be Rulers of the Queen's Navee.
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