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A leech that will not quit the skin until sated with blood.
A leech that will not quit the skin until sated with blood.
The heart-sick faintness of the hope delayed!
The heart-sick faintness of the hope delayed!
To pluck the vicious quitch
Of blood and custom wholly out of him,
And make all clean read more
To pluck the vicious quitch
Of blood and custom wholly out of him,
And make all clean and plant himself afresh.
Fill the bright goblet, spread the festive board!
Fill the bright goblet, spread the festive board!
He that trusts much Obliges much, says the Spaniard.
He that trusts much Obliges much, says the Spaniard.
Between the businesse of life and the day of death, a space ought
to be interposed.
Between the businesse of life and the day of death, a space ought
to be interposed.
A flatterers throat is an open Sepulcher.
A flatterers throat is an open Sepulcher.
The death of a young wolfe doth never come too soon.
The death of a young wolfe doth never come too soon.
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.