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The mighty pyramids of stone
That wedge-like cleave the desert airs,
When nearer seen, and better known,
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The mighty pyramids of stone
That wedge-like cleave the desert airs,
When nearer seen, and better known,
Are but gigantic flights of stairs.
Conceit in weakest bodies strongest works.
Conceit in weakest bodies strongest works.
Your thoughts close, and your countenance loose.
Your thoughts close, and your countenance loose.
As the yellow gold is tried in the fire, so is sincerity tested
in adversity.
As the yellow gold is tried in the fire, so is sincerity tested
in adversity.
He never sought to stem the current. [Of a statesman who
accommodates his views to public opinion.]
He never sought to stem the current. [Of a statesman who
accommodates his views to public opinion.]
The Reverend are ever before.
The Reverend are ever before.
An inch in a miss is as good as an ell.
An inch in a miss is as good as an ell.
The body is sooner drest then the soule.
The body is sooner drest then the soule.
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.
