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To swallow gudgeons ere they 're catch'd, And count their chickens ere they 're hatch'd.
To swallow gudgeons ere they 're catch'd, And count their chickens ere they 're hatch'd.
Approximate author period: c. 1640 AD · renaissance
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- Samuel Butler
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- Approximate author period: c. 1640 AD · renaissance
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- Familiar Quotations, ninth edition (1905 printing) (1905 AD)
Hudibras. Part ii. Canto iii. Line 923.
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