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Men of different tastes have different pursuits.
Men of different tastes have different pursuits.
Try your skill in gilt first, and then in gold.
Try your skill in gilt first, and then in gold.
He is not poor who has a competency.
He is not poor who has a competency.
There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four
which I know not:
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There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four
which I know not:
The way of an eagle in the air; the way of a serpent upon a rock;
the way of a ship in the midst of the sea; and the way of a man
with a maid.
How poor are they that have not patience!
What wound did ever heal but by degrees?
How poor are they that have not patience!
What wound did ever heal but by degrees?
The horse that drawes after him his halter, is not altogether
escaped.
The horse that drawes after him his halter, is not altogether
escaped.
But why pursue the common tale?
Or wherefore show how knights prevail,
When ladies dare to hear?
But why pursue the common tale?
Or wherefore show how knights prevail,
When ladies dare to hear?
No choice amongst stinking fish.
No choice amongst stinking fish.
A man well mounted is ever Cholerick.
A man well mounted is ever Cholerick.
