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A woman once fallen will shrink from no impropriety.
A woman once fallen will shrink from no impropriety.
Ill blows the wind that profits nobody.
Ill blows the wind that profits nobody.
Out of breath to no possible purpose; in attempting everything,
doing nothing.
Out of breath to no possible purpose; in attempting everything,
doing nothing.
Hee looseth nothing, that looseth not God.
Hee looseth nothing, that looseth not God.
O ye who teach the ingenuous youth of nations--
Holland, France, England, Germany or Spain;
I pray read more
O ye who teach the ingenuous youth of nations--
Holland, France, England, Germany or Spain;
I pray ye flog them upon all occasions,
It mends their morals--never mind the pain.
Warre and Physicke are governed by the eye.
Warre and Physicke are governed by the eye.
Though the Fox run, the chicken hath wings.
Though the Fox run, the chicken hath wings.
Fortune, delighting in her cruel task, and playing her wanton
game untiringly, is ever shifting her uncertain favours.
Fortune, delighting in her cruel task, and playing her wanton
game untiringly, is ever shifting her uncertain favours.
An undertaking beset with danger.
An undertaking beset with danger.
