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Letter "O" » old time
«Gather ye rosebuds while ye may, old Time is still a-flying. And this same flower that smiles today, tomorrow will be dying.»
«He that loves a rosy cheek, Or a coral lip admires, Or from starlike eyes doth seek Fuel to maintain his fires; As old Time makes these decay, So his flames must waste away»
Author: Thomas Carew
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admires,
cheek,
coral,
decay,
fires,
flames,
fuel,
lip,
old time,
rosy,
wasting away
«Then, like an old-time orator impressively he rose; I make the most of all that comes and the least of all that goes.»
«Then she spake, saying, They were wont to speak in old time, saying, They shall surely ask counsel at Abel: and so they ended the matter.»
«Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery: / But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.»
«I do not know why it should be, but I am so sad; there is an old-time story which I cannot get out of my head.»
«Old time, in whose banks we deposit our notes, Is a miser who always wants guineas for groats; He keeps all his customers still in arrears By lending them minutes and charging them years»
Author: Oliver Wendell Holmes
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Humorist,
Physician,
Poet,
Professor,
Writer)
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Time
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Keywords:
arrears,
Banks,
bank note,
charging,
groats,
in arrears,
lending,
old time
«Old Time the clock-setter, that bald sexton, Time.»