Social Commentaries
On cracking of Nuts
From Two Bookes of Epigrammes, and Epitaphs (1639), Book I
Social Commentaries
Much cracking hurts the Teeth, but to the Tongue
The bragging humour does a deeper wrong.
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Bancroft, Thomas. “On cracking of Nuts.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/bancroft/6/.
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Bancroft, Thomas. “On cracking of Nuts.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/bancroft/6/.
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