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The Chicken is the Countries, but the Citie eats it.
The Chicken is the Countries, but the Citie eats it.
Love and businesse teach eloquence.
Love and businesse teach eloquence.
The child saies nothing, but what it heard by the fire.
The child saies nothing, but what it heard by the fire.
Helpe thy selfe, and God will helpe thee.
Helpe thy selfe, and God will helpe thee.
Should banded unions persecute
Opinions, and induce a time
When single thought is civil crime,
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Should banded unions persecute
Opinions, and induce a time
When single thought is civil crime,
And individual freedom mute,
. . . .
Then waft me from the harbour's mouth,
Wild wind, I seek a warmer sky.
Spare your breath to cool your porridge.
Spare your breath to cool your porridge.
Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer,
And without sneering teach the rest to sneer;
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Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer,
And without sneering teach the rest to sneer;
Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike,
Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike;
Alike reserv'd to blame, or to commend,
A tim'rous foe, and a suspicious friend.
Whom has not the inspiring bowl made eloquent?
[Lat., Foecundi calices quem non fecere disertum.]
Whom has not the inspiring bowl made eloquent?
[Lat., Foecundi calices quem non fecere disertum.]