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Who can love the man he fears. or by who he thinks he is himself
feared?
Who can love the man he fears. or by who he thinks he is himself
feared?
Once a yeare a man may say: On his conscience.
Once a yeare a man may say: On his conscience.
Willowes are weak, yet they bind other wood.
Willowes are weak, yet they bind other wood.
In the same [hospitable] manner that a Calabrian would press you
to eat his pears.
In the same [hospitable] manner that a Calabrian would press you
to eat his pears.
The devil hath power
To assume a pleasing shape.
The devil hath power
To assume a pleasing shape.
An envious man grows lean at another's fatness.
An envious man grows lean at another's fatness.
But that old man, who is lord of the broad estate and the hall,
Dropped off gorged from a read more
But that old man, who is lord of the broad estate and the hall,
Dropped off gorged from a scheme which left us flaccid and
drained.
Well may hee smell fire, whose gowne burnes.
[Well may he smell fire, whose gown burns.]
Well may hee smell fire, whose gowne burnes.
[Well may he smell fire, whose gown burns.]
He that is angry at a feast is rude.
He that is angry at a feast is rude.