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Every sound alarms. [A guilty conscience.]
Every sound alarms. [A guilty conscience.]
'Tis pleasant, sure, to see one's name in print;
A book's a book, although there's nothing in 't.
'Tis pleasant, sure, to see one's name in print;
A book's a book, although there's nothing in 't.
Try your skill in gilt first, and then in gold.
Try your skill in gilt first, and then in gold.
Litle stickes kindle the fire; great ones put it out.
Litle stickes kindle the fire; great ones put it out.
'Tis gone: a thousand such have slipt
Away from my embraces:
And fallen into the dusty crypt
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'Tis gone: a thousand such have slipt
Away from my embraces:
And fallen into the dusty crypt
Of darken'd forms and faces.
The gowne is his that we ares it, and the world his that enjoyes
it.
The gowne is his that we ares it, and the world his that enjoyes
it.
The deafe gaines the injury.
The deafe gaines the injury.
Be cautious as to what you say of men, and to whom you speak it.
Be cautious as to what you say of men, and to whom you speak it.
Without danger we cannot get beyond danger.
Without danger we cannot get beyond danger.