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Hee hath not liv'd, that lives not after death.
Hee hath not liv'd, that lives not after death.
She stands on tiptoe to be kissed.
She stands on tiptoe to be kissed.
Shewa good man his errour and he turnes it to a vertue, but an
ill, it doubles his fault.
Shewa good man his errour and he turnes it to a vertue, but an
ill, it doubles his fault.
It's a dangerous fire begins in the bed-straw.
It's a dangerous fire begins in the bed-straw.
The Citizen is at his businesse before he rise.
The Citizen is at his businesse before he rise.
How far that little candle throws its beams;
So shines a good deed in a naughty world.
How far that little candle throws its beams;
So shines a good deed in a naughty world.
He burns us by his brightness. [We are vexed at his manifest
superiority.]
He burns us by his brightness. [We are vexed at his manifest
superiority.]
That delay is our surest protection which enables us to
deliberate on the merits of our intentions.
That delay is our surest protection which enables us to
deliberate on the merits of our intentions.
Never without a shilling in my purse.
Never without a shilling in my purse.