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The getting out of doors is the greatest part of the journey.
The getting out of doors is the greatest part of the journey.
Some things are good, some middling, more bad.
Some things are good, some middling, more bad.
So may the outward shows be least themselves;
The world is still deceived with ornament.
In law, read more
So may the outward shows be least themselves;
The world is still deceived with ornament.
In law, what plea so tainted and corrupt
But being seasoned with a gracious voice,
Obscures the show of evil? In religion,
What damned error but some sober brow
Will bless it and approve it with a text,
Hiding the grossness with fair ornament?
In avoiding one evil we fall into another, if we use not
discretion.
In avoiding one evil we fall into another, if we use not
discretion.
In robe and crown the king stepped down,
To meet and greet her on her way.
In robe and crown the king stepped down,
To meet and greet her on her way.
He that hath love in his brest, hath spurres in his sides.
He that hath love in his brest, hath spurres in his sides.
States have their conversions and periods as well as naturall
bodies.
States have their conversions and periods as well as naturall
bodies.
God strikes with his finger, and not with all his arme.
God strikes with his finger, and not with all his arme.
They that stand high have many blasts to shake them,
And if they fall, they dash themselves to pieces.
They that stand high have many blasts to shake them,
And if they fall, they dash themselves to pieces.