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What an alteration of honour has
Desperate want made!
What an alteration of honour has
Desperate want made!
Let Apella the Jew credit it, if he will.
Let Apella the Jew credit it, if he will.
Neither head, nor feet. [Referring to anything very intricate.]
Neither head, nor feet. [Referring to anything very intricate.]
Never was anything so inconsistent.
Never was anything so inconsistent.
[A woman] fiercer than a cubless tigress.
[A woman] fiercer than a cubless tigress.
If that you have a former friend for foe.
If that you have a former friend for foe.
Come, we burn daylight, ho!
Nay, that's not so.
I mean, sir, in delay
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Come, we burn daylight, ho!
Nay, that's not so.
I mean, sir, in delay
We waste our lights in vain, like lamps by day.
Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall:
Some run from breaks of ice, and answer none,
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Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall:
Some run from breaks of ice, and answer none,
And some condemned for a fault alone.
