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Can heavenly breasts such stormy passions feel?
Can heavenly breasts such stormy passions feel?
The rose is often found near the nettle.
The rose is often found near the nettle.
The eyes see not what is before them when the mind is intent on
other matters.
The eyes see not what is before them when the mind is intent on
other matters.
All came from, and will goe to others.
All came from, and will goe to others.
A countenance inconceivably forbidding.
A countenance inconceivably forbidding.
That pleasure which can be safely indulged in is the least
inviting.
That pleasure which can be safely indulged in is the least
inviting.
Marry your sonne when you will; your daughter when you can.
Marry your sonne when you will; your daughter when you can.
Punishment is lame, but it comes.
Punishment is lame, but it comes.
Prodigal of the property of others, sparing of his own.
Prodigal of the property of others, sparing of his own.
