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It is not to be argued that the abuse of a thing proves that it
is useless.
It is not to be argued that the abuse of a thing proves that it
is useless.
If you are capable of submitting to insult you ought to be
insulted.
If you are capable of submitting to insult you ought to be
insulted.
Patience lightens the burthen we cannot avert.
Patience lightens the burthen we cannot avert.
His bloated paunch stands forth projecting a good eighteen
inches.
His bloated paunch stands forth projecting a good eighteen
inches.
The gowne is his that we ares it, and the world his that enjoyes
it.
The gowne is his that we ares it, and the world his that enjoyes
it.
Still rolls and to all time shall roll the tumbling flood.
Still rolls and to all time shall roll the tumbling flood.
The deafe gaines the injury.
The deafe gaines the injury.
He burns us by his brightness. [We are vexed at his manifest
superiority.]
He burns us by his brightness. [We are vexed at his manifest
superiority.]
A lie that is half a truth is ever the blackest of lies.
A lie that is half a truth is ever the blackest of lies.
