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Fire is the most tolerable third party
Fire is the most tolerable third party
O joy! that in our embers
Is something that doth live.
O joy! that in our embers
Is something that doth live.
If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be
thirsty, give him water to read more
If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be
thirsty, give him water to drink.
For thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, and the Lord
shall reward thee.
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!
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.]
When fire is applied to a stone it cracks.
When fire is applied to a stone it cracks.
The burnt child dreads the fire.
The burnt child dreads the fire.
A little fire is quickly trodden out;
Which, being suffer'd, rivers cannot quench.
A little fire is quickly trodden out;
Which, being suffer'd, rivers cannot quench.
Fire is the test of gold; adversity, of strong men.
Fire is the test of gold; adversity, of strong men.
