Maxioms by Charles Churchill
With various readings stored his empty skull,
Learn'd without sense, and venerably dull.
With various readings stored his empty skull,
Learn'd without sense, and venerably dull.
The oak, when living, monarch of the wood;
The English oak, which, dead, commands the flood.
The oak, when living, monarch of the wood;
The English oak, which, dead, commands the flood.
Appearances to save, his only care;
So things seem right, no matter what they are.
Appearances to save, his only care;
So things seem right, no matter what they are.
As by the way of innuendo
Lucus is made a non lucendo.
As by the way of innuendo
Lucus is made a non lucendo.
The more haste, ever the worst speed.
The more haste, ever the worst speed.
