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Except wind stands as never it stood, It is an ill wind turns none to good.
Except wind stands as never it stood, It is an ill wind turns none to good.
Approximate author period: c. 1547 AD · renaissance
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- Thomas Tusser
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- Approximate author period: c. 1547 AD · renaissance
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- Familiar Quotations, ninth edition (1905 printing) (1905 AD)
Five Hundred Points of Good Husbandry. A Description of the Properties of Wind.
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