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Let the straight-limbed laugh at the club-footed, the white
skinned at the blackamoor.
Let the straight-limbed laugh at the club-footed, the white
skinned at the blackamoor.
The tendency of humanity is towards the forbidden.
The tendency of humanity is towards the forbidden.
Success in crime always invites to worse deeds.
Success in crime always invites to worse deeds.
Smooth runs the water where the brook is deep.
Smooth runs the water where the brook is deep.
Want of pluck shows want of blood.
Want of pluck shows want of blood.
The words ending in Ique do mocke the Physician (as Hectique,
Paralitique, Apoplectique, Lethargique).
The words ending in Ique do mocke the Physician (as Hectique,
Paralitique, Apoplectique, Lethargique).
I would have thee gone,
And yet no further than a wanton's bird,
Who lets it hop read more
I would have thee gone,
And yet no further than a wanton's bird,
Who lets it hop a little from her hand,
Like a poor prisoner in his twisted gyves,
And with a silk thread plucks it back again.
