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Crime oft recoils upon the author's head.
Crime oft recoils upon the author's head.
O ye who teach the ingenuous youth of nations--
Holland, France, England, Germany or Spain;
I pray read more
O ye who teach the ingenuous youth of nations--
Holland, France, England, Germany or Spain;
I pray ye flog them upon all occasions,
It mends their morals--never mind the pain.
Make hast to an ill way that you may get out of it.
Make hast to an ill way that you may get out of it.
He that lives well sees a farre off.
He that lives well sees a farre off.
He that gives thee a Capon, give him the leg and the wing.
He that gives thee a Capon, give him the leg and the wing.
Sweet is pleasure after pain.
Sweet is pleasure after pain.
God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb.
God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb.
As many servants so many enemies.
As many servants so many enemies.
What is harder than stone?
What more soft than water?
Nevertheless hard though the rock be, it read more
What is harder than stone?
What more soft than water?
Nevertheless hard though the rock be, it is hollowed by the wave.
