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When swelling buds their od'rous foliage shed, And gently harden into fruit, the wise Spare not the little offsprings, if they grow Redundant. - Cider (bk. I) [Wisdom] Little pains In a due hour employ'd great profit yields. - Cider (bk. I, l. 126) [Gain] When the sappy boughs Attire themselves with blooms, sweet rudiments Of future harvest. - Cider (bk. II, l. 437) [Trees] Thus do I live, from pleasure quite debarred, Nor taste the fruits that the sun's genial rays Mature, john-apple, nor the downy peach. - The Splendid Shilling (l. 115) [Fruits] My galligaskins, that have long withstood The winter's fury, and encroaching frosts, By time subdues (what will not time subdue!) An horrid chasm disclosed. - The Splendid Shilling (l. 121) [Apparel]
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