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Nothing is more ill-timed than an ill-timed laugh.
Nothing is more ill-timed than an ill-timed laugh.
It is a part of the nature of man to resist compulsion.
It is a part of the nature of man to resist compulsion.
The best smell is bread, the best savour, salt, the best love
that of children.
The best smell is bread, the best savour, salt, the best love
that of children.
There is no body will go to hell for company.
There is no body will go to hell for company.
Give me the soft sigh, whilst the soul-telling eye
Is dimm'd for a time with a tear.
Give me the soft sigh, whilst the soul-telling eye
Is dimm'd for a time with a tear.
We suffer by our proximity. [Who get a blow intended for
another.]
We suffer by our proximity. [Who get a blow intended for
another.]
Most men are bad.
Most men are bad.
Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall:
Some run from breaks of ice, and answer none,
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Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall:
Some run from breaks of ice, and answer none,
And some condemned for a fault alone.
'Tis godlike to have power, but not to kill.
'Tis godlike to have power, but not to kill.