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The robber and the cautious traveller alike are girded with the
sword; the one uses it as a means read more
The robber and the cautious traveller alike are girded with the
sword; the one uses it as a means of attack, the other as a means
of defence.
No work is of such merit as to instruct from a mere cursory
perusal.
No work is of such merit as to instruct from a mere cursory
perusal.
Nature drawes more then ten teemes.
Nature drawes more then ten teemes.
Hee that learnes a trade hath a purchase made.
Hee that learnes a trade hath a purchase made.
And thus I clothe my naked villany
With old odd ends, stol'n out of holy writ,
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And thus I clothe my naked villany
With old odd ends, stol'n out of holy writ,
And seem a saint when most I play the devil.
Or wherefore trace, from what slight cause
Its source one tyrant passion draws,
Till mastering all within.
Or wherefore trace, from what slight cause
Its source one tyrant passion draws,
Till mastering all within.
A gentle heart is tyed with an easie thread.
A gentle heart is tyed with an easie thread.
An old cat sports not with her prey.
An old cat sports not with her prey.
