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  2. If wishes were horses, beggars would ride - Wikipedia

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    The reference to horses was first in James Carmichael's Proverbs in Scots printed in 1628, which included the lines: "And wishes were horses, pure [poor] men wald ride". [4] The first mention of beggars is in John Ray's Collection of English Proverbs in 1670, in the form "If wishes would bide, beggars would ride". [4]

  3. List of the Child Ballads - Wikipedia

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    English lords come to court to "dance and win the victory." The king, facing defeat, summons his secret weapon, the bonny lass of Anglesey who out dances them all. 221: Katharine Jaffray: A Scottish lord woos a maid, Katharine Jaffray. A wealthier English lord courts the same lass and wins her family's support.

  4. List of last words (21st century) - Wikipedia

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    I've waited a long time for this. I'll give you exactly what you deserve. All of you. All you girls who rejected me and looked down upon me and you know, treated me like scum while you gave yourselves to other men. And all of you men, for living a better life than me, all of you sexually active men, I hate you. I hate all of you.

  5. 85 retirement wishes to recognize a job well done - AOL

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    Say goodbye and good luck to your boss, coworker, friend or family member with these retirement wishes. Write one of these short messages and sayings in a card. 85 retirement wishes to recognize a ...

  6. List of poems by William Wordsworth - Wikipedia

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    Poems of the Imagination (1815–1843); Miscellaneous Poems (1845–) 1798 Her eyes are Wild 1798 Former title: Bore the title of "The Mad Mother" from 1798–1805 "Her eyes are wild, her head is bare," Poems founded on the Affections (1815–20); Poems of the Imagination (1827–32); Poems founded on the Affections (1836–) 1798 Simon Lee 1798

  7. 50 Powerful Martin Luther King, Jr., Quotes That Stand the ...

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    Mlk Quotes 16 Honoring Martin Luther King, Jr. Every January, we celebrate Martin Luther King, Jr.’s birthday and the inspiring legacy he left behind over 50 years after his assassination in 1968.

  8. Clerihew - Wikipedia

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    A clerihew (/ ˈ k l ɛr ɪ h j uː /) is a whimsical, four-line biographical poem of a type invented by Edmund Clerihew Bentley.The first line is the name of the poem's subject, usually a famous person, and the remainder puts the subject in an absurd light or reveals something unknown or spurious about the subject.

  9. Maud Muller - Wikipedia

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    Print shows Maud Muller, John Greenleaf Whittier's heroine in the poem of the same name, leaning on her hay rake, gazing into the distance. Behind her, an ox cart, and in the distance, the village "Maud Muller" is a poem from 1856 written by John Greenleaf Whittier (1807–1892). It is about a beautiful maid named Maud Muller.