O coward conscience, how dost thou afflict me.

O coward conscience, how dost thou afflict me.

The love of dominion is the most engrossing passion.

The love of dominion is the most engrossing passion.

The wrongs of a Husband or Master are not reproached.

The wrongs of a Husband or Master are not reproached.

One man restored our fortunes by delay. [By skilfully avoiding
an engagement, Fabius exhausted the resources of the enemy.]

One man restored our fortunes by delay. [By skilfully avoiding
an engagement, Fabius exhausted the resources of the enemy.]

'Tis gone: a thousand such have slipt
Away from my embraces:
And fallen into the dusty crypt
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'Tis gone: a thousand such have slipt
Away from my embraces:
And fallen into the dusty crypt
Of darken'd forms and faces.

Great deservers grow Intolerable presumers.

Great deservers grow Intolerable presumers.

A garden must be lookt unto and drest as the body.

A garden must be lookt unto and drest as the body.

Proverbs are short sentences drawn from long and wise experience.

Proverbs are short sentences drawn from long and wise experience.

And maidens call it--Love in idleness.

And maidens call it--Love in idleness.