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A burthen cheerfully borne becomes light.
A burthen cheerfully borne becomes light.
It is a pleasant thing to be pointed at with the finger, and to
hear it said, "That is read more
It is a pleasant thing to be pointed at with the finger, and to
hear it said, "That is he."
To weepe for joy is a kinde of Manna.
To weepe for joy is a kinde of Manna.
Come what may, all bad fortune is to be conquered by endurance.
Come what may, all bad fortune is to be conquered by endurance.
Springes to catch woodcocks.
Springes to catch woodcocks.
It will never come out of the flesh that's bred in the bone.
It will never come out of the flesh that's bred in the bone.
A man would live in Italy (a place of pleasure) but he would
chuse to dy in Spain (where read more
A man would live in Italy (a place of pleasure) but he would
chuse to dy in Spain (where they say the Catholick Religion is
professed with greatest strictness).
Sop to Cerebus.
If I can find Cerebus a sop, I shall be at rest for one day.
Sop to Cerebus.
If I can find Cerebus a sop, I shall be at rest for one day.