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Where McGregor sits, there is the head of the table.
Where McGregor sits, there is the head of the table.
The sense of death is most in apprehension,
And the poor beetle that we tread upon
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The sense of death is most in apprehension,
And the poor beetle that we tread upon
In corporal sufferance finds a pang as great
As when a giant dies.
Three can hold their peace, if two be away.
Three can hold their peace, if two be away.
Now out of this nettle, danger, will I pluck the flower, safety.
Now out of this nettle, danger, will I pluck the flower, safety.
We have not to talk, but to steer the vessel.
We have not to talk, but to steer the vessel.
I thank thee, Jew, for teaching me that word.
I thank thee, Jew, for teaching me that word.
A flatterers throat is an open Sepulcher.
A flatterers throat is an open Sepulcher.
The ballance distinguisheth not betweene gold and lead.
The ballance distinguisheth not betweene gold and lead.
There are faults we would fain pardon.
There are faults we would fain pardon.