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Hee hath no leisure who useth it not.
Hee hath no leisure who useth it not.
I'ld charm her with the magic of a switch.
I'ld charm her with the magic of a switch.
Fancy the Gracchi complaining of treason!
Fancy the Gracchi complaining of treason!
To love is a pleasure of youth, a sin in old age.
To love is a pleasure of youth, a sin in old age.
It is a great victory that comes without blood.
It is a great victory that comes without blood.
Let him who has once perceived how much that, which has been
discarded, excels that which he has longed read more
Let him who has once perceived how much that, which has been
discarded, excels that which he has longed for, return at once,
and seek again that which he despised.
The singing man keepes his shop in his throate.
The singing man keepes his shop in his throate.
Fine words dresse ill deedes.
Fine words dresse ill deedes.
So may the outward shows be least themselves;
The world is still deceived with ornament.
In law, read more
So may the outward shows be least themselves;
The world is still deceived with ornament.
In law, what plea so tainted and corrupt
But being seasoned with a gracious voice,
Obscures the show of evil? In religion,
What damned error but some sober brow
Will bless it and approve it with a text,
Hiding the grossness with fair ornament?