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'Twixt hope and fear, anxiety and anger.
'Twixt hope and fear, anxiety and anger.
'Tis not the fight that crowns us, but the end.
'Tis not the fight that crowns us, but the end.
A master of straw eates a servant of steele.
A master of straw eates a servant of steele.
Feares are divided in the midst.
Feares are divided in the midst.
His resolution is unshaken; tears, though shed, avail not.
His resolution is unshaken; tears, though shed, avail not.
All was false and hollow, though his tongue
Dropt manna, and could make the worst appear
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All was false and hollow, though his tongue
Dropt manna, and could make the worst appear
The better reason.
O, what may man within him hide,
Though angel on the outward side!
O, what may man within him hide,
Though angel on the outward side!
Thinking to bite something soft, he found it hard. [Catching a
Tartar]
Thinking to bite something soft, he found it hard. [Catching a
Tartar]
Litle stickes kindle the fire; great ones put it out.
Litle stickes kindle the fire; great ones put it out.
