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Look here, he cries (to give him words):
Thou feathered clay, thou scum of birds!
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Look here, he cries (to give him words):
Thou feathered clay, thou scum of birds!
Look here, thou vile, predestined sinner,
Doomed to be roasted for a dinner.
Knowledge is power.
Knowledge is power.
You whirled them to the back of beyont.
You whirled them to the back of beyont.
I'll have a fling.
I'll have a fling.
The buyer needes a hundred eyes, the seller not one.
The buyer needes a hundred eyes, the seller not one.
O well for him whose will is strong,
He suffers, but he will not suffer long.
O well for him whose will is strong,
He suffers, but he will not suffer long.
He carries a stone in one hand, and offers bread with the other.
[Lat., Altera manu fert lapidem, altera read more
He carries a stone in one hand, and offers bread with the other.
[Lat., Altera manu fert lapidem, altera panem ostentat.]
Cruelty is more cruell, if we defer the pain.
Cruelty is more cruell, if we defer the pain.
When the mischief is done the door is shut.
When the mischief is done the door is shut.