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Cruelty is more cruell, if we defer the pain.
Cruelty is more cruell, if we defer the pain.
Where you thinke there is bacon, there is no Chimney.
Where you thinke there is bacon, there is no Chimney.
Virtue is increased by the smile of approval; and the love of
renown is the greatest incentive to honourable read more
Virtue is increased by the smile of approval; and the love of
renown is the greatest incentive to honourable acts.
A bad reader soon puts to flight both wise men and fools.
A bad reader soon puts to flight both wise men and fools.
His essences turn the live air sick.
His essences turn the live air sick.
He threatens many that hath injured one.
He threatens many that hath injured one.
Is there a man whose judgment clear
Can others teach the course to steer,
Yet runs himself read more
Is there a man whose judgment clear
Can others teach the course to steer,
Yet runs himself life's mad career,
Wild as the wave?
To climb steep hills
Requires slow pace at first.
To climb steep hills
Requires slow pace at first.
To his tuned spirit the wild heather-bells
Ring Sabbath knells;
The sod's a cushion for his pious read more
To his tuned spirit the wild heather-bells
Ring Sabbath knells;
The sod's a cushion for his pious want,
And, consecrated by the heaven within it,
The sky-blue pool a font.
