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Fit to give weight to smoke.
[Lat., Dare pondus idonea fumo.]
Fit to give weight to smoke.
[Lat., Dare pondus idonea fumo.]
Fire is the test of gold; adversity, of strong men.
Fire is the test of gold; adversity, of strong men.
Yet in oure asshen olde is fyr yreke.
Yet in oure asshen olde is fyr yreke.
Oh, what ecstasy setting fires brings to my body! What power I feel at the thought of fire!...Oh, what pleasure, read more
Oh, what ecstasy setting fires brings to my body! What power I feel at the thought of fire!...Oh, what pleasure, what heavenly pleasure!
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.]
O joy! that in our embers
Is something that doth live.
O joy! that in our embers
Is something that doth live.
Wood already touched by fire is not hard to set alight
Wood already touched by fire is not hard to set alight
