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The clown waits for the river to run itself dry. [Crossing
Cheapside.]
The clown waits for the river to run itself dry. [Crossing
Cheapside.]
He that gives me small gifts would have me live.
He that gives me small gifts would have me live.
Treason doth never prosper: what's the reason?
Why if it prosper, none dare call it treason.
Treason doth never prosper: what's the reason?
Why if it prosper, none dare call it treason.
So obliging that he ne'er obliged.
So obliging that he ne'er obliged.
He that feares death lives not.
He that feares death lives not.
O, what a world of vile ill-favored faults
Looks handsome in three hundred pounds a year.
O, what a world of vile ill-favored faults
Looks handsome in three hundred pounds a year.
A bad reader soon puts to flight both wise men and fools.
A bad reader soon puts to flight both wise men and fools.
It is not to be argued that the abuse of a thing proves that it
is useless.
It is not to be argued that the abuse of a thing proves that it
is useless.