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Just as the felon condemn'd to die--
With a very natural loathing--
Leaving the sheriff to dream read more
Just as the felon condemn'd to die--
With a very natural loathing--
Leaving the sheriff to dream of ropes,
From his gloomy cell in a vision elopes,
To caper on sunny greens and slopes,
Instead of the dance upon nothing.
Among the remedies which it has pleased Almighty God to give to man to relieve his sufferings, none is so read more
Among the remedies which it has pleased Almighty God to give to man to relieve his sufferings, none is so universal and so efficacious as opium.
Time flies, as he flies, adds increase to her truth,
And gives to her mind what he steals from read more
Time flies, as he flies, adds increase to her truth,
And gives to her mind what he steals from her youth.
It is easy to be wise after the event.
It is easy to be wise after the event.
He who is most on his guard is often himself taken in.
He who is most on his guard is often himself taken in.
Out of breath to no possible purpose; in attempting everything,
doing nothing.
Out of breath to no possible purpose; in attempting everything,
doing nothing.
If you could runne, as you drinke, you might catch a hare.
If you could runne, as you drinke, you might catch a hare.
Beware of the young doctor and the old barber.
Beware of the young doctor and the old barber.
