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Con arte e con inganno si vive mezzo l’anno
Con inganno e con arte si vive l’altra parte.

In knavish art and gathering gear
They spend the one half of the year;
In gathering gear and knavish art
They somehow spend the other part.

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Title: A First Year in Canterbury Settlement With Other Early Essays

Author: Samuel Butler

Publication details: 1914, London

Part of: New Zealand Texts Collection

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