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Make three bites of a cherry.
Make three bites of a cherry.
Many have an irresistible itch for writing.
Many have an irresistible itch for writing.
To steale the Hog, and give the feet for almes.
[To steal the hog, and give the feet to read more
To steale the Hog, and give the feet for almes.
[To steal the hog, and give the feet to alms.]
What boots it on the lineal tree to trace
Through many a branch the founders of our race.
What boots it on the lineal tree to trace
Through many a branch the founders of our race.
Vulgarity of manners defiles fine garments more than mud.
Vulgarity of manners defiles fine garments more than mud.
The robber and the cautious traveller alike are girded with the
sword; the one uses it as a means read more
The robber and the cautious traveller alike are girded with the
sword; the one uses it as a means of attack, the other as a means
of defence.
Feare, the Bedle of the Law.
Feare, the Bedle of the Law.
Laughter
Leaves us doubly serious shortly after.
Laughter
Leaves us doubly serious shortly after.
To wish to be cured is half way towards cure.
To wish to be cured is half way towards cure.