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To weepe for joy is a kinde of Manna.
To weepe for joy is a kinde of Manna.
Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall.
Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall.
She loved me for the dangers I had passed,
And I loved her for having pitied them.
She loved me for the dangers I had passed,
And I loved her for having pitied them.
Amiens was taken by the Fox, and retaken by the Lion.
Amiens was taken by the Fox, and retaken by the Lion.
He who will not grant a favour has no right to ask one.
He who will not grant a favour has no right to ask one.
The dainties of the great are the teares of the poore.
The dainties of the great are the teares of the poore.
A friend is a second self.
A friend is a second self.
The truly noble mind has no resentments.
The truly noble mind has no resentments.
Things at the worst will cease, or e'en climb upward
To what they were before.
Things at the worst will cease, or e'en climb upward
To what they were before.
