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Strict law is often great injustice.
Strict law is often great injustice.
For glances beget ogles, ogles sighs,
Sighs wishes, wishes words, and words a letter.
For glances beget ogles, ogles sighs,
Sighs wishes, wishes words, and words a letter.
Thinking to bite something soft, he found it hard. [Catching a
Tartar]
Thinking to bite something soft, he found it hard. [Catching a
Tartar]
The fire, with well-dried logs supplied,
Went roaring up the chimney wide.
The fire, with well-dried logs supplied,
Went roaring up the chimney wide.
Kindness, so far as we can return it, is agreeable.
Kindness, so far as we can return it, is agreeable.
"Rogue that I am," he whispers to himself,
"I lie, I cheat--do anything for pelf,
But who read more
"Rogue that I am," he whispers to himself,
"I lie, I cheat--do anything for pelf,
But who on earth can say I am not pious?"
To deceive ones selfe is very easie.
To deceive ones selfe is very easie.
When in good health we easily give good advice to the sick.
When in good health we easily give good advice to the sick.
