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With diadem and sceptre high advanced,
The lower still I fall; only supreme
In misery; such joy read more
With diadem and sceptre high advanced,
The lower still I fall; only supreme
In misery; such joy ambition finds.
Hee a beast doth die, that hath done no good to his country.
Hee a beast doth die, that hath done no good to his country.
The cause lies hidden; the effect is most notorious.
The cause lies hidden; the effect is most notorious.
Let Apella the Jew credit it, if he will.
Let Apella the Jew credit it, if he will.
To disregard money, on suitable occasions, is often a great
profit.
To disregard money, on suitable occasions, is often a great
profit.
He deliberately thrusts his silly head into the matrimonial
halter.
He deliberately thrusts his silly head into the matrimonial
halter.
A position of dignity is more easily improved upon than acquired.
A position of dignity is more easily improved upon than acquired.
O rare protector of the sheep, a wolf!
O rare protector of the sheep, a wolf!