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To drink Falernian wine, the sweeter for being stolen.
To drink Falernian wine, the sweeter for being stolen.
The eagle suffers little birds to sing,
And is not careful what they mean thereby,
Knowing that read more
The eagle suffers little birds to sing,
And is not careful what they mean thereby,
Knowing that with the shadow of his wings
He can at pleasure stint their melody:
Even so mayest thou the giddy men of Rome.
The tongue talkes at the heads cost.
The tongue talkes at the heads cost.
Clean hands are better than full ones in the sight of God.
Clean hands are better than full ones in the sight of God.
What! upon compulsion? No!
What! upon compulsion? No!
He is a great Necromancer, for he asks counsel counsell of the
Dead (i.e. books).
He is a great Necromancer, for he asks counsel counsell of the
Dead (i.e. books).
God gives his wrath by weight, and without weight his mercy.
God gives his wrath by weight, and without weight his mercy.
No work is of such merit as to instruct from a mere cursory
perusal.
No work is of such merit as to instruct from a mere cursory
perusal.
She has deceived her father, and may thee.
She has deceived her father, and may thee.
