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Hold one another's noses to the grindstone hard.
Hold one another's noses to the grindstone hard.
For the same man to be an heretick and a good subject, is
incompossible.
For the same man to be an heretick and a good subject, is
incompossible.
He would stroke
The head of modest and ingenuous youth,
That blushed at its own praise.
He would stroke
The head of modest and ingenuous youth,
That blushed at its own praise.
Shun an inquisitive man, he is invariably a tell-tale.
Shun an inquisitive man, he is invariably a tell-tale.
One may smile, and smile, and be a villain.
One may smile, and smile, and be a villain.
The Chollerick drinkes, the Melancholick eats, the Flegmatick
sleepes.
The Chollerick drinkes, the Melancholick eats, the Flegmatick
sleepes.
In sports and journeys men are knowne.
In sports and journeys men are knowne.
Step after step the ladder is ascended.
Step after step the ladder is ascended.
We journey on in life through varied hazards and misfortunes.
We journey on in life through varied hazards and misfortunes.