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One who sets off to the best advantage his every act and speech.
One who sets off to the best advantage his every act and speech.
Go West, young man! Go West.
Go West, young man! Go West.
Nothing pleases which is not freshened by variety.
Nothing pleases which is not freshened by variety.
That which will not be spun, let it not come betweene the spindle
and the distaffe.
That which will not be spun, let it not come betweene the spindle
and the distaffe.
Stay a while, that we may make an end the sooner.
Stay a while, that we may make an end the sooner.
Sceptre and crown must tumble down
And in the dust be equal made
With the poor crooked read more
Sceptre and crown must tumble down
And in the dust be equal made
With the poor crooked scythe and spade.
So may the outward shows be least themselves;
The world is still deceived with ornament.
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So may the outward shows be least themselves;
The world is still deceived with ornament.
In law, what plea so tainted and corrupt
But being seasoned with a gracious voice,
Obscures the show of evil? In religion,
What damned error but some sober brow
Will bless it and approve it with a text,
Hiding the grossness with fair ornament?
'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.
The bit that one eates, no friend makes.
The bit that one eates, no friend makes.