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Just as the felon condemn'd to die--
With a very natural loathing--
Leaving the sheriff to dream read more
Just as the felon condemn'd to die--
With a very natural loathing--
Leaving the sheriff to dream of ropes,
From his gloomy cell in a vision elopes,
To caper on sunny greens and slopes,
Instead of the dance upon nothing.
He who preserves a man's life against his will does the same
thing as if he slew him.
He who preserves a man's life against his will does the same
thing as if he slew him.
Out of mind, when out of view.
Out of mind, when out of view.
With customes wee live well, but Lawes undoe us.
With customes wee live well, but Lawes undoe us.
The Mr. absent, and the house dead.
The Mr. absent, and the house dead.
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.
Hee that hath a wife and children wants not businesse.
Hee that hath a wife and children wants not businesse.
What you do for an ungrateful man is thrown away.
What you do for an ungrateful man is thrown away.
A bitter drug oft brings relief.
A bitter drug oft brings relief.
