The World’s Wit and Humor: An Encyclopedia in 15 Volumes. 1906.
John Dryden (16311700)The Scholars Wife
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“Would that I were a book, my life!
On me, then, you would sometimes look.
But I should wish to be the book
That you would mostly wish to see.
Then say, what volume should I be?”
“An Almanack,” said he, “my dear;
You know we change them every year.”