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'Tis godlike to have power, but not to kill.
'Tis godlike to have power, but not to kill.
An ill wound is cured, not an ill name.
An ill wound is cured, not an ill name.
Take heed of credit decaid, and people that have nothing.
Take heed of credit decaid, and people that have nothing.
Wherein is the use of getting rid of one thorn out of many?
Wherein is the use of getting rid of one thorn out of many?
. . . all who joy would win
Must share it.--Happiness was born a twin.
. . . all who joy would win
Must share it.--Happiness was born a twin.
Who hath none to still him, may weepe out his eyes.
Who hath none to still him, may weepe out his eyes.
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).
Covetousnesse breaks the bag.
Covetousnesse breaks the bag.
A man should be religious, not superstitious.
A man should be religious, not superstitious.
