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Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise.
Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise.
A garden must be lookt unto and drest as the body.
A garden must be lookt unto and drest as the body.
We suffer by our proximity. [Who get a blow intended for
another.]
We suffer by our proximity. [Who get a blow intended for
another.]
Come, shepherd, let us make an honorable retreat; though not with
bag and baggage, yet with scrip and crippage.
Come, shepherd, let us make an honorable retreat; though not with
bag and baggage, yet with scrip and crippage.
Citties are taken by the eares.
Citties are taken by the eares.
Turning these jests out of service, let us talk in good earnest.
Turning these jests out of service, let us talk in good earnest.
It's more paine to doe nothing then something.
It's more paine to doe nothing then something.
The whole race of scribblers flies from the town and yearns for
country life.
The whole race of scribblers flies from the town and yearns for
country life.
'Tis said the lion will turn and flee
From a maid in the pride of her purity.
'Tis said the lion will turn and flee
From a maid in the pride of her purity.