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Yielded with coy submission, modest pride,
And sweet reluctant amorous delay.
Yielded with coy submission, modest pride,
And sweet reluctant amorous delay.
If a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand.
If a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand.
They that hold the greatest farmes, pay the least rent (applyed
to rich men that are unthankful to God).
They that hold the greatest farmes, pay the least rent (applyed
to rich men that are unthankful to God).
Prodigal of the property of others, sparing of his own.
Prodigal of the property of others, sparing of his own.
He who spares the wicked injures the good.
He who spares the wicked injures the good.
He that hath not the craft, let him shut up shop.
He that hath not the craft, let him shut up shop.
You must endure, and not cry out against that which cannot be
avoided.
You must endure, and not cry out against that which cannot be
avoided.
He that will be surety, shall pay.
He that will be surety, shall pay.
'Tis pleasant to have a large heap to take from.
'Tis pleasant to have a large heap to take from.