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No sooner is a Temple built to God but the Devill builds a
Chappell hard by.
[No sooner read more
No sooner is a Temple built to God but the Devill builds a
Chappell hard by.
[No sooner is a Temple built to God but the Devil builds a chapel
hard by.]
Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall:
Some run from breaks of ice, and answer none,
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Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall:
Some run from breaks of ice, and answer none,
And some condemned for a fault alone.
A faire death honours the whole life.
A faire death honours the whole life.
The soft speeches of the wicked are full of deceit.
The soft speeches of the wicked are full of deceit.
Two sparrows on one Ear of Corn make an ill agreement.
Two sparrows on one Ear of Corn make an ill agreement.
Nothing is achieved without toil.
Nothing is achieved without toil.
He that marries late, marries ill.
He that marries late, marries ill.
Light burthens, long borne, growe heavie.
[Light burdens, long borne, grow heavy.]
Light burthens, long borne, growe heavie.
[Light burdens, long borne, grow heavy.]
A fool must now and then be right by chance.
A fool must now and then be right by chance.
