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You cannot make a wind-mill goe with a paire of bellowes.
You cannot make a wind-mill goe with a paire of bellowes.
The mighty pyramids of stone
That wedge-like cleave the desert airs,
When nearer seen, and better known,
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The mighty pyramids of stone
That wedge-like cleave the desert airs,
When nearer seen, and better known,
Are but gigantic flights of stairs.
Many have an irresistible itch for writing.
Many have an irresistible itch for writing.
A good prayer is master of anothers purse.
A good prayer is master of anothers purse.
No mortal man is wise at all times.
No mortal man is wise at all times.
She never told her love,
But let concealment, like a worm i' th' bud,
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She never told her love,
But let concealment, like a worm i' th' bud,
Feed on her damask cheek. She pined in thought;
And, with a green and yellow melancholy,
She sat like Patience on a monument,
Smiling at grief.
This is the reward of my folly.
This is the reward of my folly.
Happie is hee that chastens himselfe.
Happie is hee that chastens himselfe.
A sleepy master makes his servant a Lowt.
A sleepy master makes his servant a Lowt.
