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One paire of eares drawes dry an hundred tongues.
One paire of eares drawes dry an hundred tongues.
Riches are first to be sought for; after wealth, virtue.
Riches are first to be sought for; after wealth, virtue.
The body is more drest then the soule.
The body is more drest then the soule.
He has carried every point, who has combined that which is useful
with that which is agreeable.
He has carried every point, who has combined that which is useful
with that which is agreeable.
For monarchs seldom sigh in vain.
For monarchs seldom sigh in vain.
Learned or unlearned we all must be scribbling.
Learned or unlearned we all must be scribbling.
It is not becoming to grieve immoderately for the dead.
It is not becoming to grieve immoderately for the dead.
His fair large front and eye sublime declared
Absolute rule; and hyacinthine locks
Round from his parted read more
His fair large front and eye sublime declared
Absolute rule; and hyacinthine locks
Round from his parted forelock manly hung
Clustering but not beneath his shoulders broad.