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Yestreen, when to the trembling string
The dance gaed thro' the lighted ha',
To thee my fancy read more
Yestreen, when to the trembling string
The dance gaed thro' the lighted ha',
To thee my fancy took its wing;
I sat, but neither heard nor saw.
He that once hitts, is ever bending.
He that once hitts, is ever bending.
Hell is full of good intentions.
[Sp., El infierno es lleno de buenas intenciones.]
Hell is full of good intentions.
[Sp., El infierno es lleno de buenas intenciones.]
Gluttony kills more then the sword.
[Gluttony kills more than the sword.]
Gluttony kills more then the sword.
[Gluttony kills more than the sword.]
A countenance inconceivably forbidding.
A countenance inconceivably forbidding.
The way to a man's heart is through his stomach.
The way to a man's heart is through his stomach.
Better to be despised for too anxious apprehensions than ruined
by too confident a security.
Better to be despised for too anxious apprehensions than ruined
by too confident a security.
I hate all children of precocious talent.
I hate all children of precocious talent.
The death of wolves is the safety of the sheep.
The death of wolves is the safety of the sheep.
