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I hang my ears like an ass whose spirits droop.
I hang my ears like an ass whose spirits droop.
A fool bolts a door with a boiled carrot.
A fool bolts a door with a boiled carrot.
O coward conscience, how dost thou afflict me.
O coward conscience, how dost thou afflict me.
Handsome features are a silent recommendation.
Handsome features are a silent recommendation.
Cities seldome change Religion only.
Cities seldome change Religion only.
Chuse not an house neere an lnne (viz. for noise) or in a corner
(for filth).
Chuse not an house neere an lnne (viz. for noise) or in a corner
(for filth).
I was taken by a morsell, saies the fish.
[I was taken by a morsel, says the fish.]
I was taken by a morsell, saies the fish.
[I was taken by a morsel, says the fish.]
There is no vice so simple, but assumes
Some mark of virtue on his outward parts.
There is no vice so simple, but assumes
Some mark of virtue on his outward parts.
Musick helps not the tooth-ach.
Musick helps not the tooth-ach.