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First he wrought, and afterward he taught.


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First he wrought, and afterward he taught.
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HE CHANGCHUI Part of our mission is to find out what kind of assistance is required.
HE CHANGCHUI He [Chaucer] is a perpetual fountain of good sense.
JOHN DRYDEN He [Chaucer] lacks the high seriousness of the great classics, and therewith an important part of th...
MATTHEW ARNOLD The proud he tam'd, the penitent he cheer'd: Nor to rebuke the rich offender fear'd. His preac...
JOHN DRYDEN He lied about it afterward, under oath and repeatedly,
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ROBERTA CRAWFORD Time, place, and action may with pains be wrought, but genius must be born; and never can be taught.
JOHN DRYDEN Ever since man invented the wheel, he has been the confused victim of the miracles he has wrought.
DR. LAURENCE J. PETER The first case has a lot of impact on what comes afterward.
CHIP BABCOCK How he had wrought his signs in Egypt, and his wonders in the field of Zoan.
BIBLE A man is a fool if he drinks before he reaches the age of 50, and a fool if he doesn't afterward...
FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT If we took Chaucer's writings at face value, we'd have to conclude he was a complete drip.
JOHN HUTTON And he made the vail of blue, and purple, and crimson, and fine linen, and wrought cherubims thereon...
BIBLE We lived with him for her first three years. He did everything for her. He walked her to sleep, he s...
HOLLY DERRICK He taught the right thing to do from the Bible and he taught us what to do in life,
HARRY DAVIS I wasn't there when he was killed. I got there afterward.
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LEE IACOCCA He's a model prisoner. He taught. He did this, he did that. He coached. He taught. He worked out. .?...
DIANE POLAN Even his griefs are a joy long after to one that remembers all that he wrought and endured.
HOMER Even his griefs are a joy, long after, to one that remembers all that he wrought and endured
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LIZ THEBART Some persons do first, think afterward, and then repent forever.
THOMAS SECKER My principle is to survive first and make money afterward
GEORGE SOROS Some persons do first, think afterward, and then repent forever
THOMAS SECKER He constantly worked on the growth. He was really pro-active and the lessons he taught carried over.
CLAYTON DOWNING Dad was a passionate sailor, and he taught me.
DOROTHY ATKINSON Nowhere in Chaucer do we find what can be called a radically allegorical poem.
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JOHN C. REILLY It's not based on being the first Latino. It's more as a person _ who he was and what he taught. Tha...
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LINDA JOHNSON He came in ready. You can tell he was raised right and taught how to work.
MARC HILL He knows me. I'm his teacher. I taught him everything he knows.
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JOHN ARMSTRONG The hand that rounded Peter's dome And groined the aisles of Christian Rome, Wrought in a sad ...
RALPH WALDO EMERSON Truth is meant to save you first, and the comfort comes afterward.
GEORGES BERNANOS Dex had taught her well, and now he would pay.
SASHA ALSBERG And he taught in their synagogues, being glorified of all.
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BUTCH LAWSON Accurst be he that first invented war.
CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE Accursed be he that first invented war.
CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE He taught us all how to compete.
BRIAN BRENNAN Someone taught him right. He gets it.
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AYN RAND We called him Tortoise because he taught us.
LEWIS CARROLL He taught himself Russian, Give me a break.
RICK BARRY He taught me a lesson, ... Never slow down.
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Ye been oure lord, dooth with youre owene thyngRight as yow list.
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GEOFFREY CHAUCER But every thyng which schyneth as the gold, Nis nat gold, as that I have herd it told.
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GEOFFREY CHAUCER Yet in oure asshen olde is fyr yreke.
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GEOFFREY CHAUCER One eare it heard, at the other out it went.
GEOFFREY CHAUCER Many a smale maketh a grate.
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GEOFFREY CHAUCER Mordre wol out, that see we day by day.
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