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Yet in oure asshen olde is fyr yreke.
Yet in oure asshen olde is fyr yreke.
Among the notable things about fire is that it also requires oxygen to burn - exactly like its enemy, life. read more
Among the notable things about fire is that it also requires oxygen to burn - exactly like its enemy, life. Thereby are life and flames so often compared.
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.
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.
Wood already touched by fire is not hard to set alight
Wood already touched by fire is not hard to set alight
Fire is the most tolerable third party
Fire is the most tolerable third party
There can be no great smoke arise, but there must be some fire.
There can be no great smoke arise, but there must be some fire.
Fit to give weight to smoke.
[Lat., Dare pondus idonea fumo.]
Fit to give weight to smoke.
[Lat., Dare pondus idonea fumo.]
