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It has all the contortions of the sibyl without the inspiration.
It has all the contortions of the sibyl without the inspiration.
There are fagots and fagots.
[Fr., Il y a fagots et fagots.]
There are fagots and fagots.
[Fr., Il y a fagots et fagots.]
Is it possible your pragmatical worship should not know that the
comparisons made between wit and wit, courage and read more
Is it possible your pragmatical worship should not know that the
comparisons made between wit and wit, courage and courage, beauty
and beauty, birth and birth, are always odious and ill taken?
Who wer as lyke as one pease is to another.
Who wer as lyke as one pease is to another.
Some are good, some are middling, the most are bad.
[Lat., Sunt bona, sunt quaedam mediocria, sunt mala plura.]
Some are good, some are middling, the most are bad.
[Lat., Sunt bona, sunt quaedam mediocria, sunt mala plura.]
Glass antique! 'twixt thee and Nell
Draw we here a parallel!
She, like thee, was forced to read more
Glass antique! 'twixt thee and Nell
Draw we here a parallel!
She, like thee, was forced to bear
All reflections, foul or fair.
Thou art deep and bright within,
Depths as bright belong'd to Gwynne;
Thou art very frail as well,
Frail as flesh is,--so was Nell.
Comparisons do ofttime great grievance.
Comparisons do ofttime great grievance.
The bee and the serpent often sip from the selfsame flower.
[It., L'ape e la serpe spesso
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The bee and the serpent often sip from the selfsame flower.
[It., L'ape e la serpe spesso
Suggon l'istesso umore.]
