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We do it soon enough, if that we do be well.
We do it soon enough, if that we do be well.
Valour that parlies is neare yeelding.
Valour that parlies is neare yeelding.
But in the glances of his eye
A penetrating keen and sly
Expression found its home.
But in the glances of his eye
A penetrating keen and sly
Expression found its home.
There is no jollitie but hath a smack of folly.
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There is no jollitie but hath a smack of folly.
[There is no jollity but hath a smack of folly.]
One science only will one genius fit,
So vast is art, so narrow human wit.
One science only will one genius fit,
So vast is art, so narrow human wit.
The wrongs of a Husband or Master are not reproached.
The wrongs of a Husband or Master are not reproached.
It is sheer folly to take unwilling hounds to the chase.
It is sheer folly to take unwilling hounds to the chase.
A bellowing cow soon forgets her calf.
A bellowing cow soon forgets her calf.
Danger comes on us more speedily when we treat it with contempt.
Danger comes on us more speedily when we treat it with contempt.
