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Just when you think you've finally hit bottom, someone tosses you
a shovel.
Just when you think you've finally hit bottom, someone tosses you
a shovel.
Tell me, thou old man, worthy of a child's bauble.
Tell me, thou old man, worthy of a child's bauble.
We are often saved from crime by the disgrace of others.
We are often saved from crime by the disgrace of others.
Never was anything so inconsistent.
Never was anything so inconsistent.
By heaven you have destroyed me, my friends!
By heaven you have destroyed me, my friends!
At Rome I love Tibur; then, like a weathercock, at Tibur Rome.
At Rome I love Tibur; then, like a weathercock, at Tibur Rome.
Heir follows heir, as wave succeeds to wave.
Heir follows heir, as wave succeeds to wave.
He burns us by his brightness. [We are vexed at his manifest
superiority.]
He burns us by his brightness. [We are vexed at his manifest
superiority.]
The present century was growing blind
To the great Marlborough's skill in giving knocks,
Until his late read more
The present century was growing blind
To the great Marlborough's skill in giving knocks,
Until his late life by Archdeacon Coxe.
We have not to talk, but to steer the vessel.
We have not to talk, but to steer the vessel.