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Now would I give a thousand furlongs of sea for an acre of barren
ground--long heath, brown furze, anything.
Now would I give a thousand furlongs of sea for an acre of barren
ground--long heath, brown furze, anything.
To deceive ones selfe is very easie.
To deceive ones selfe is very easie.
The miserable man makes a peny of a farthing, and the liberall of
a farthing sixe pence.
The miserable man makes a peny of a farthing, and the liberall of
a farthing sixe pence.
There is a certain kind of pleasure in weeping.
There is a certain kind of pleasure in weeping.
How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is,
To have a thankless child.
How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is,
To have a thankless child.
The style is the man.
[Fr., Le style c'est l'homme.]
The style is the man.
[Fr., Le style c'est l'homme.]
The man of wisdom is the man of years.
The man of wisdom is the man of years.
Sinnes are not knowne till they bee acted.
Sinnes are not knowne till they bee acted.
In a long journey straw waighs.
In a long journey straw waighs.