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Let every eye negotiate for itself
And trust no agent.
Let every eye negotiate for itself
And trust no agent.
At Christmas play, and make good cheer,
For Christmas comes but once a year.
At Christmas play, and make good cheer,
For Christmas comes but once a year.
The Devill is not alwaies at one doore.
The Devill is not alwaies at one doore.
Hee that is a master must serve (another).
Hee that is a master must serve (another).
The lofty pine is most easily brought low by the force of the
wind, and the higher the tower read more
The lofty pine is most easily brought low by the force of the
wind, and the higher the tower the greater the fall thereof.
Though the power be wanting, the will deserves praise.
Though the power be wanting, the will deserves praise.
Dogs are fine in the field.
Dogs are fine in the field.
One to destroy is murder by the law,
And gibbets keep the lifted hand in awe;
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One to destroy is murder by the law,
And gibbets keep the lifted hand in awe;
To murder thousands takes a specious name,
War's glorious art, and gives immortal fame.