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What! upon compulsion? No!
What! upon compulsion? No!
Walls have tongues, and hedges ears.
Walls have tongues, and hedges ears.
How commentators each dark passage shun,
And hold their farthing candle to the sun.
How commentators each dark passage shun,
And hold their farthing candle to the sun.
Are not these woods
More free from peril than the envious court?
Are not these woods
More free from peril than the envious court?
Crime requires further crime to conceal it.
Crime requires further crime to conceal it.
He that hath no good trade, it is to his losse.
He that hath no good trade, it is to his losse.
Seeming genial, venial fault.
Seeming genial, venial fault.
Pleasures are enhanced by a moderate indulgence.
Pleasures are enhanced by a moderate indulgence.
Her voice was ever soft,
Gentle, and low, an excellent thing in woman.
Her voice was ever soft,
Gentle, and low, an excellent thing in woman.
