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No sooner is a Temple built to God but the Devill builds a
Chappell hard by.
[No sooner read more
No sooner is a Temple built to God but the Devill builds a
Chappell hard by.
[No sooner is a Temple built to God but the Devil builds a chapel
hard by.]
Or will you think, my friend, your bus'ness done
When, of a hundred thorns, you pull out one.
Or will you think, my friend, your bus'ness done
When, of a hundred thorns, you pull out one.
The gentle Hawke halfe mans her selfe.
The gentle Hawke halfe mans her selfe.
Though a lie be well drest, it is ever overcome.
Though a lie be well drest, it is ever overcome.
My sun has not yet set for ever.
My sun has not yet set for ever.
The Lyon is not so fierce as they paint him.
[The lion is not so fierce as they paint read more
The Lyon is not so fierce as they paint him.
[The lion is not so fierce as they paint him.]
An old man at school is a contemptible and ridiculous object.
An old man at school is a contemptible and ridiculous object.
We have to thank God for this retirement.
We have to thank God for this retirement.
