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My sister and my sister's child,
Myself and children three,
Will fill the chaise: so you must read more
My sister and my sister's child,
Myself and children three,
Will fill the chaise: so you must ride
On horseback after me.
Mystery magnifies danger, as the fog does the sun.
Mystery magnifies danger, as the fog does the sun.
And gentle Dulness ever loves a joke.
And gentle Dulness ever loves a joke.
The roses in thy lips and cheeks shall fade
To paly ashes.
The roses in thy lips and cheeks shall fade
To paly ashes.
If you wish to be good, first believe that you are bad.
If you wish to be good, first believe that you are bad.
No thanks attach to a kindness long deferred.
No thanks attach to a kindness long deferred.
Never morning wore
To evening, but some heart did break.
Never morning wore
To evening, but some heart did break.
The more virtuous a man himself is, the less does he suspect
baseness in others.
The more virtuous a man himself is, the less does he suspect
baseness in others.
You have eaten a meal dangerously seasoned. [You have laid up a
grief in store for yourself.]
You have eaten a meal dangerously seasoned. [You have laid up a
grief in store for yourself.]
