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Either wealth is much increased, or moderation is much decayed.
Either wealth is much increased, or moderation is much decayed.
Were there no hearers, there would be no backbiters.
Were there no hearers, there would be no backbiters.
Say to pleasure, Gentle Eve, I will none of your apple.
Say to pleasure, Gentle Eve, I will none of your apple.
To his tuned spirit the wild heather-bells
Ring Sabbath knells;
The sod's a cushion for his pious read more
To his tuned spirit the wild heather-bells
Ring Sabbath knells;
The sod's a cushion for his pious want,
And, consecrated by the heaven within it,
The sky-blue pool a font.
We cannot come to honour under Coverlet.
We cannot come to honour under Coverlet.
To meditate an injury is to commit one.
To meditate an injury is to commit one.
Hee that is a master must serve (another).
Hee that is a master must serve (another).
Criticks are like brushers of Noblemens cloaths.
Criticks are like brushers of Noblemens cloaths.
'Tis all in vain to keep a constant pother
About one vice and fall into another.
'Tis all in vain to keep a constant pother
About one vice and fall into another.
