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What an alteration of honour has
Desperate want made!
What an alteration of honour has
Desperate want made!
Hee that would be a Gentleman, let him goe to an assault.
Hee that would be a Gentleman, let him goe to an assault.
Pleasant is the recollection of dangers past.
Pleasant is the recollection of dangers past.
The far-off interest of tears.
The far-off interest of tears.
This oiled and curled Assyrian bull,
Smelling of musk and of insolence.
This oiled and curled Assyrian bull,
Smelling of musk and of insolence.
Early, bright, transient, chaste, as morning dew
She sparkled, was exhal'd, and went to heaven.
Early, bright, transient, chaste, as morning dew
She sparkled, was exhal'd, and went to heaven.
Our praises are our wages.
Our praises are our wages.
You have eaten a meal dangerously seasoned. [You have laid up a
grief in store for yourself.]
You have eaten a meal dangerously seasoned. [You have laid up a
grief in store for yourself.]
He that hath no good trade, it is to his losse.
He that hath no good trade, it is to his losse.
