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To be precocious
Was in her eyes a thing the most atrocious.
To be precocious
Was in her eyes a thing the most atrocious.
A bellowing cow soon forgets her calf.
A bellowing cow soon forgets her calf.
Hold one another's noses to the grindstone hard.
Hold one another's noses to the grindstone hard.
A hand may first, and then a lip be kiss'd.
A hand may first, and then a lip be kiss'd.
No thanks attach to a kindness long deferred.
No thanks attach to a kindness long deferred.
The beades in the Hand, and the Divell in Capuch (or cape of the
cloak).
The beades in the Hand, and the Divell in Capuch (or cape of the
cloak).
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?
New customs,
Though they be never so ridiculous,
(Nay, let 'em be unmanly), yet are followed.
New customs,
Though they be never so ridiculous,
(Nay, let 'em be unmanly), yet are followed.
The pen is mightier than the sword.
The pen is mightier than the sword.
