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A crooked log makes a strait fire
[A crooked log makes a straight fire.]
A crooked log makes a strait fire
[A crooked log makes a straight fire.]
Words pregnant with celestial fire.
Words pregnant with celestial fire.
Out of the frying pan into the fire.
Out of the frying pan into the fire.
The fire i' th' flint
Shows not till it be struck; our gentle flame
Provokes itself and read more
The fire i' th' flint
Shows not till it be struck; our gentle flame
Provokes itself and like the current flies
Each bound it chafes.
Fire is the most tolerable third party
Fire is the most tolerable third party
Flame is very near to smoke.
[Lat., Flamma fumo est proxima.]
Flame is very near to smoke.
[Lat., Flamma fumo est proxima.]
Yet in oure asshen olde is fyr yreke.
Yet in oure asshen olde is fyr yreke.
O joy! that in our embers
Is something that doth live.
O joy! that in our embers
Is something that doth live.
They lepe lyke a flounder out of a fryenge panne into the fyre.
They lepe lyke a flounder out of a fryenge panne into the fyre.
