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He has nibbled at the bay. [A poetaster.]
He has nibbled at the bay. [A poetaster.]
No might nor greatness in mortality
Can censure 'scape; back-wounding calumny
The whitest virtue strikes. What king read more
No might nor greatness in mortality
Can censure 'scape; back-wounding calumny
The whitest virtue strikes. What king so strong
Can tie the gall up in the slanderous tongue?
There rose no day, there roll'd no hour
Of pleasure unembitter'd;
And not a trapping deck'd my read more
There rose no day, there roll'd no hour
Of pleasure unembitter'd;
And not a trapping deck'd my power,
That gall'd not while it glitter'd.
What is not in a man cannot come out of him surely.
What is not in a man cannot come out of him surely.
In strife who inquires whether stratagem or courage was used?
In strife who inquires whether stratagem or courage was used?
Favour will as surely perish as life.
Favour will as surely perish as life.
Lawyers houses are built on the heads of fooles.
Lawyers houses are built on the heads of fooles.
How much in love with himself, and that too without a rival!
How much in love with himself, and that too without a rival!
Every day brings his bread with it.
Every day brings his bread with it.
