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This is no time for staring about.
This is no time for staring about.
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.
Fidelity, purchased with money, money can destroy.
Fidelity, purchased with money, money can destroy.
Though God take the sunne out of the Heaven, yet we must have
patience.
Though God take the sunne out of the Heaven, yet we must have
patience.
Thus conscience does make cowards of us all;
And thus the native hue of resolution
Is sicklied read more
Thus conscience does make cowards of us all;
And thus the native hue of resolution
Is sicklied o'er with the pale cast of thought,
And enterprises of great pitch and moment,
With this regard their currents turn awry,
And lose the name of action.
Great king,
Few love to hear the sins they love to act.
Great king,
Few love to hear the sins they love to act.
With men all is impossible; but with God all things are possible.
With men all is impossible; but with God all things are possible.
Virtue may be cheerful without forgetting its dignity.
Virtue may be cheerful without forgetting its dignity.
How much in love with himself, and that too without a rival!
How much in love with himself, and that too without a rival!
