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It is a kingly act to help the fallen.
It is a kingly act to help the fallen.
Conversation makes one what he is.
Conversation makes one what he is.
The net is not spread for the hawk or the kite.
The net is not spread for the hawk or the kite.
Hee that is a master must serve (another).
Hee that is a master must serve (another).
Though the Fox run, the chicken hath wings.
Though the Fox run, the chicken hath wings.
'Tis an easy thing to find a staff to beat a dog.
'Tis an easy thing to find a staff to beat a dog.
A bad reader soon puts to flight both wise men and fools.
A bad reader soon puts to flight both wise men and fools.
If you loose your time, you cannot get mony nor gaine.
If you loose your time, you cannot get mony nor gaine.
Just as the felon condemn'd to die--
With a very natural loathing--
Leaving the sheriff to dream read more
Just as the felon condemn'd to die--
With a very natural loathing--
Leaving the sheriff to dream of ropes,
From his gloomy cell in a vision elopes,
To caper on sunny greens and slopes,
Instead of the dance upon nothing.
