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Modred's narrow foxy face,
Heart hiding smile, and gray persistent eye.
Modred's narrow foxy face,
Heart hiding smile, and gray persistent eye.
A live dog is better than a dead lion.
A live dog is better than a dead lion.
To steale the Hog, and give the feet for almes.
[To steal the hog, and give the feet to read more
To steale the Hog, and give the feet for almes.
[To steal the hog, and give the feet to alms.]
The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together;
our virtues would be proud read more
The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together;
our virtues would be proud if our faults whipped them not, and
our crimes would despair if they were not cherished by our
virtues.
A fly, a grape-stone, or a hair can kill.
A fly, a grape-stone, or a hair can kill.
Better speake truth rudely, then lye covertly.
Better speake truth rudely, then lye covertly.
No love is foule, nor prison fair.
No love is foule, nor prison fair.
