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Believe Robert who has tried it.
[Lat., Experto crede Roberto.]
Believe Robert who has tried it.
[Lat., Experto crede Roberto.]
How much of injustice and depravity is sanctioned by custom!
How much of injustice and depravity is sanctioned by custom!
No check, no stay this streamlet fears:
How merrily it goes!
'Twill murmur on a thousand years,
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No check, no stay this streamlet fears:
How merrily it goes!
'Twill murmur on a thousand years,
And flow as now it flows.
Trust not him that hath once broken faith.
Trust not him that hath once broken faith.
The present century was growing blind
To the great Marlborough's skill in giving knocks,
Until his late read more
The present century was growing blind
To the great Marlborough's skill in giving knocks,
Until his late life by Archdeacon Coxe.
Harken to reason or shee will bee heard.
Harken to reason or shee will bee heard.
Go West, young man, and grow up with the country.
Go West, young man, and grow up with the country.
Something attempted, something done
Has earned a night's repose.
Something attempted, something done
Has earned a night's repose.
By doing nothing we learne to do ill.
By doing nothing we learne to do ill.
