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An inch in missing is as bad as an ell.
An inch in missing is as bad as an ell.
Though little fire grows great with little wind,
Yet extreme gusts will blow out fire and all.
Though little fire grows great with little wind,
Yet extreme gusts will blow out fire and all.
Hee that hath patience hath fatt thrushes for a farthing.
Hee that hath patience hath fatt thrushes for a farthing.
How fallen, how changed
From him, who, in the happy realms of light,
Clothed with transcendent brightness, read more
How fallen, how changed
From him, who, in the happy realms of light,
Clothed with transcendent brightness, didst outshine
Myriads, though bright.
'Tis neither here nor there.
'Tis neither here nor there.
Come, we burn daylight, ho!
Nay, that's not so.
I mean, sir, in delay
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Come, we burn daylight, ho!
Nay, that's not so.
I mean, sir, in delay
We waste our lights in vain, like lamps by day.
Vertue now is in herbs and stones and words onely.
Vertue now is in herbs and stones and words onely.
Every ill man hath his ill day.
Every ill man hath his ill day.
The little cannot bee great, unlesse he devoure many.
The little cannot bee great, unlesse he devoure many.
