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We notice that the mind grows with the body, and with it decays.
We notice that the mind grows with the body, and with it decays.
To pull the chestnuts from the fire with the cat's paw.
To pull the chestnuts from the fire with the cat's paw.
The very rats
Instinctively had quit it.
The very rats
Instinctively had quit it.
One fire burns out another's burning,
One pain is lessen'd by another's anguish;
Turn giddy and be read more
One fire burns out another's burning,
One pain is lessen'd by another's anguish;
Turn giddy and be holp by backward turning;
One desperate grief cures with another's languish.
The higher the Ape goes, the more he shewes his taile.
The higher the Ape goes, the more he shewes his taile.
Am I always to be a mere listener? Shall I never reply?
Am I always to be a mere listener? Shall I never reply?
The clown waits for the river to run itself dry. [Crossing
Cheapside.]
The clown waits for the river to run itself dry. [Crossing
Cheapside.]
The soule needs few things, the body many.
The soule needs few things, the body many.
Reckon right, and February hath one and thirty daies.
Reckon right, and February hath one and thirty daies.
