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He paints a dolphin in the woods, a boar in the waves.
[Lat., Delphinum sylvis appingit, fluctibus aprum.]
He paints a dolphin in the woods, a boar in the waves.
[Lat., Delphinum sylvis appingit, fluctibus aprum.]
Silkes and Satins put out the fire in the chimney.
Silkes and Satins put out the fire in the chimney.
Man is to man a god or a wolf.
Man is to man a god or a wolf.
Hee will spend a whole yeares rent at one meales meate.
Hee will spend a whole yeares rent at one meales meate.
Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.
Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.
It is a pleasant thing to be pointed at with the finger, and to
hear it said, "That is read more
It is a pleasant thing to be pointed at with the finger, and to
hear it said, "That is he."
An upbraided morsell never choaked any.
An upbraided morsell never choaked any.
One man excels in eloquence, another in arms.
One man excels in eloquence, another in arms.
Who will think that the gods can be insulted with impunity?
Who will think that the gods can be insulted with impunity?
