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Divert her eyes with pictures in the fire.
Divert her eyes with pictures in the fire.
They lepe lyke a flounder out of a fryenge panne into the fyre.
They lepe lyke a flounder out of a fryenge panne into the fyre.
Among the notable things about fire is that it also requires oxygen to burn - exactly like its enemy, life. read more
Among the notable things about fire is that it also requires oxygen to burn - exactly like its enemy, life. Thereby are life and flames so often compared.
Fit to give weight to smoke.
[Lat., Dare pondus idonea fumo.]
Fit to give weight to smoke.
[Lat., Dare pondus idonea fumo.]
A spark neglected has often raised a conflagration.
[Lat., Parva saepe scintilla contempta magnum excitavit
incendium.]
A spark neglected has often raised a conflagration.
[Lat., Parva saepe scintilla contempta magnum excitavit
incendium.]
Wood already touched by fire is not hard to set alight
Wood already touched by fire is not hard to set alight
O joy! that in our embers
Is something that doth live.
O joy! that in our embers
Is something that doth live.
If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be
thirsty, give him water to read more
If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be
thirsty, give him water to drink.
For thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, and the Lord
shall reward thee.
There can be no great smoke arise, but there must be some fire.
There can be no great smoke arise, but there must be some fire.
