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The human mind ever longs for occupation.
The human mind ever longs for occupation.
Now would I give a thousand furlongs of sea for an acre of barren
ground--long heath, brown furze, anything.
Now would I give a thousand furlongs of sea for an acre of barren
ground--long heath, brown furze, anything.
The escaped mouse ever feeles the taste of the bait.
The escaped mouse ever feeles the taste of the bait.
Hee that makes himself a sheep, shall be eat by the wolfe.
Hee that makes himself a sheep, shall be eat by the wolfe.
This even-handed justice
Commends th' ingredience of our poisoned chalice
To our own lips.
This even-handed justice
Commends th' ingredience of our poisoned chalice
To our own lips.
Nothing is so difficult but that man will accomplish it.
Nothing is so difficult but that man will accomplish it.
To seek these things is lost labour; Geese in an oyle pot, fat
Hogs among Jews, and Wine in read more
To seek these things is lost labour; Geese in an oyle pot, fat
Hogs among Jews, and Wine in a fishing net.
The best of the sport is to doe the deede, and say nothing.
The best of the sport is to doe the deede, and say nothing.
Drooping along the ground the vine misses its widowed elm.
Drooping along the ground the vine misses its widowed elm.