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Every one who repeats it adds something to the scandal. [The
rolling snow-ball.]
Every one who repeats it adds something to the scandal. [The
rolling snow-ball.]
Never without a shilling in my purse.
Never without a shilling in my purse.
Perhaps the early grave
Which men weep over may be meant to save.
Perhaps the early grave
Which men weep over may be meant to save.
With winsome cruelty she refuses.
With winsome cruelty she refuses.
Sound conviction should influence us rather than public opinion.
Sound conviction should influence us rather than public opinion.
The Wolfe must dye in his owne skinne.
[The wolf must die in his own skin.]
The Wolfe must dye in his owne skinne.
[The wolf must die in his own skin.]
I too am not powerless, and my weapons strike hard.
I too am not powerless, and my weapons strike hard.
A Marchant that gaines not, looseth.
A Marchant that gaines not, looseth.
We are deceived by the semblance of what is just.
We are deceived by the semblance of what is just.