A Gentleman order’d his Man to call him in the Morning at Six of the Clock, but he awaked him at Four: Being ask’d the reason, he reply’d, He came to tell him he had two Hours more to Sleep.
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Un Gentilhomme donna ordre à son valet de l’appeller à six heures du Matin, mail il l’éveilla à quatre; & comme il lui en demanda la raison, il répondit: Qu’il venoit lui dire qu’il avoit encore deux heures à dormir.
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A Cook serving a miserly Man, said he would go from him; being asked the reason, says he, If I stay here long, I shall forget my Trade.
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Un Cuisinier qui servoit un Taquin, dit qu’il vouloit le quitter, & comme on lui demanda pourquoi? C’est, dit il, que si je demeure long tems chez lui, j’oublierai mon metier.
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A Lady having two Suitors, one Tall, and the other Short; a Gentleman ask’d her, Which she lik’d best? Says she, Indeed, Sir, I like the tallest, if all things are proportionable.
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