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He that once hitts, is ever bending.
He that once hitts, is ever bending.
Sop to Cerebus.
If I can find Cerebus a sop, I shall be at rest for one day.
Sop to Cerebus.
If I can find Cerebus a sop, I shall be at rest for one day.
We suffer more in imagination than in reality.
We suffer more in imagination than in reality.
One sorrow never comes but brings an heir,
That may succeed as his inheritor;
And so in read more
One sorrow never comes but brings an heir,
That may succeed as his inheritor;
And so in ours, some neighboring nation,
Taking advantage of our misery,
Hath stuffed the hollow vessels with their power,
To beat us down, the which are down already;
And make a conquest of unhappy,
Whereas no glory 's got to overcome.
The man that hails you Tom or Jack,
And proves by thumps upon your back
How he read more
The man that hails you Tom or Jack,
And proves by thumps upon your back
How he esteems your merit,
Is such a friend, that one had need
Be very much his friend indeed
To pardon or to bear it.
Slight are the outward signs of evil thought.
Slight are the outward signs of evil thought.
The gallant Sir Robert fought hard to the end,
But who can with fate and quart bumpers contend?
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The gallant Sir Robert fought hard to the end,
But who can with fate and quart bumpers contend?
Though Fate said, a hero should perish ill light;
So up rose bright Phoebus, and down fell the knight.
We have not wings, we cannot soar,
But we have feet to scale and climb
By slow read more
We have not wings, we cannot soar,
But we have feet to scale and climb
By slow degrees, by more and more,
The cloudy summits of our time.
