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Gloriously false. [Like Rahab.]
Gloriously false. [Like Rahab.]
We hate merit while it is with us; when taken away from our gaze,
we long for it jealously.
We hate merit while it is with us; when taken away from our gaze,
we long for it jealously.
Whistle, and I'll come to you, my lad.
Whistle, and I'll come to you, my lad.
Look here, he cries (to give him words):
Thou feathered clay, thou scum of birds!
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Look here, he cries (to give him words):
Thou feathered clay, thou scum of birds!
Look here, thou vile, predestined sinner,
Doomed to be roasted for a dinner.
Content is the philosopher's stone, that turns all it touches
into gold.
Content is the philosopher's stone, that turns all it touches
into gold.
You will not be a chip the richer.
You will not be a chip the richer.
Silkes and Satins put out the fire in the chimney.
Silkes and Satins put out the fire in the chimney.
Hee stands not surely, that never slips.
Hee stands not surely, that never slips.
He hath great neede of a foole, that plaies the foole himselfe.
He hath great neede of a foole, that plaies the foole himselfe.
