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He is a great Necromancer, for he asks counsel counsell of the
Dead (i.e. books).
He is a great Necromancer, for he asks counsel counsell of the
Dead (i.e. books).
Snuffling through his nose some stale joke.
Snuffling through his nose some stale joke.
Their hearts sweat with undivulged guilt.
Their hearts sweat with undivulged guilt.
Spectacles are deaths Harquebuze.
Spectacles are deaths Harquebuze.
Know thyself.
[Lat., Ne quis nimis. (From the Greek)]
Know thyself.
[Lat., Ne quis nimis. (From the Greek)]
If the staffe be crooked, the shadow cannot be straight.
If the staffe be crooked, the shadow cannot be straight.
God keep me from false friends!
God keep me from false friends!
A man may cry, Church! Church! at ev'ry word,
With no pore piety than other people--
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A man may cry, Church! Church! at ev'ry word,
With no pore piety than other people--
A daw's not reckoned a religious bird
Because it keeps a-cawing from a steeple.
He thinkes not well, that thinkes not againe.
He thinkes not well, that thinkes not againe.