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Fire that's closest kept burns most of all.
Fire that's closest kept burns most of all.
When fire is applied to a stone it cracks.
When fire is applied to a stone it cracks.
Well may hee smell fire, whose gowne burnes.
[Well may he smell fire, whose gown burns.]
Well may hee smell fire, whose gowne burnes.
[Well may he smell fire, whose gown burns.]
Whirlwinds of tempestuous fire.
Whirlwinds of tempestuous fire.
Your own property is concerned when your neighbor's house is on
fire.
[Lat., Tua res agitur, paries cum read more
Your own property is concerned when your neighbor's house is on
fire.
[Lat., Tua res agitur, paries cum proximus ardet.]
Be of good comfort, Master Ridley, play the man! We shall this
day light such a candle, by God's read more
Be of good comfort, Master Ridley, play the man! We shall this
day light such a candle, by God's grave, in England, as I trust
shall never be put out.
Yet in oure asshen olde is fyr yreke.
Yet in oure asshen olde is fyr yreke.
