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Well may hee smell fire, whose gowne burnes.
[Well may he smell fire, whose gown burns.]
Well may hee smell fire, whose gowne burnes.
[Well may he smell fire, whose gown burns.]
The first and last frosts are the worst.
The first and last frosts are the worst.
War with vices, but peace with individuals.
War with vices, but peace with individuals.
A word once spoken cannot be recalled.
A word once spoken cannot be recalled.
Wine that cost nothing is digested before it be drunke.
Wine that cost nothing is digested before it be drunke.
Early, bright, transient, chaste, as morning dew
She sparkled, was exhal'd, and went to heaven.
Early, bright, transient, chaste, as morning dew
She sparkled, was exhal'd, and went to heaven.
Why, then the world's mine oyster,
Which I with sword will open.
Why, then the world's mine oyster,
Which I with sword will open.
The whole race of scribblers flies from the town and yearns for
country life.
The whole race of scribblers flies from the town and yearns for
country life.
All powerful is the rule of fashion.
All powerful is the rule of fashion.