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Whither art thou rushing to destruction?
Whither art thou rushing to destruction?
Ask but enough, and you may lower the price as you list.
Ask but enough, and you may lower the price as you list.
The rills of pleasure never run sincere,
(Earth has no unpolluted spring)
From the cursed soil some read more
The rills of pleasure never run sincere,
(Earth has no unpolluted spring)
From the cursed soil some dang'rous taint they bear;
So roses grow on thorns, and honey wears a sting.
Nothing is more audacious than these women when detected; they
assume anger, and take courage from the very crime read more
Nothing is more audacious than these women when detected; they
assume anger, and take courage from the very crime itself.
And Modesty, who, when she goes,
Is gone for ever.
And Modesty, who, when she goes,
Is gone for ever.
Come, shepherd, let us make an honorable retreat; though not with
bag and baggage, yet with scrip and crippage.
Come, shepherd, let us make an honorable retreat; though not with
bag and baggage, yet with scrip and crippage.
An angry man, when he returns to reason, will be again angry with
himself.
An angry man, when he returns to reason, will be again angry with
himself.
Where McGregor sits, there is the head of the table.
Where McGregor sits, there is the head of the table.
The Italians are wise before the deede, the Germanes in the
deede, the French after the deede.
The Italians are wise before the deede, the Germanes in the
deede, the French after the deede.
