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A pleasure long expected is deare enough sold.
A pleasure long expected is deare enough sold.
No Church-yard is so handsom, that a man would desire straight to
bee buried there.
No Church-yard is so handsom, that a man would desire straight to
bee buried there.
For the air of youth,
Hopeful and cheerful, in thy blood will reign
A melancholy damp of read more
For the air of youth,
Hopeful and cheerful, in thy blood will reign
A melancholy damp of cold and dry
To weigh thy spirits down, and last consume
The balm of life.
One flower makes no garland.
One flower makes no garland.
Straining breaks the bow, and relaxation relieves the mind.
[Lat., Arcum intensio frangit, animum remissio.]
Straining breaks the bow, and relaxation relieves the mind.
[Lat., Arcum intensio frangit, animum remissio.]
If the husband be not at home, there is nobodie.
If the husband be not at home, there is nobodie.
You harp perpetually on the same string.
You harp perpetually on the same string.
God strikes with his finger, and not with all his arme.
God strikes with his finger, and not with all his arme.
