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A Tyrant is most tyrant to himselfe.
A Tyrant is most tyrant to himselfe.
Wherein is the use of getting rid of one thorn out of many?
Wherein is the use of getting rid of one thorn out of many?
Being on sea saile, being on land settle.
Being on sea saile, being on land settle.
Love conquers all things; let us own her dominion.
Love conquers all things; let us own her dominion.
Nor am I ashamed, as some are, to confess my ignorance of those
matters with which I am unacquainted.
Nor am I ashamed, as some are, to confess my ignorance of those
matters with which I am unacquainted.
The silver livery of advised age.
The silver livery of advised age.
Ostensibly polite, you nourish the cunning of the fox in the
hollowness of your heart.
Ostensibly polite, you nourish the cunning of the fox in the
hollowness of your heart.
Flies are busiest about leane horses.
Flies are busiest about leane horses.
A tigress, robb'd of young, a lioness,
Or other interesting beast of prey,
Are similes at hand read more
A tigress, robb'd of young, a lioness,
Or other interesting beast of prey,
Are similes at hand for the distress
Of ladies who cannot have their own way.
