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When devils will the blackest sins put on,
They do suggest at first with heavenly shows!
When devils will the blackest sins put on,
They do suggest at first with heavenly shows!
Like St. George, always in his saddle, never on his way.
- Clement Walker,
Like St. George, always in his saddle, never on his way.
- Clement Walker,
Every thing is of use to a houskeeper.
Every thing is of use to a houskeeper.
Every one who repeats it adds something to the scandal. [The
rolling snow-ball.]
Every one who repeats it adds something to the scandal. [The
rolling snow-ball.]
A great fortune is a great slavery.
A great fortune is a great slavery.
He who sins when drunk will have to atone for it when sober.
He who sins when drunk will have to atone for it when sober.
That's the best gowne that goes up and downe the house.
That's the best gowne that goes up and downe the house.
He that is warme, thinkes all so.
He that is warme, thinkes all so.
When a woman is undisguisedly bad, then indeed she is good.
[Comparatively speaking, as she at least lacks deception.]
When a woman is undisguisedly bad, then indeed she is good.
[Comparatively speaking, as she at least lacks deception.]
