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How much of injustice and depravity is sanctioned by custom!
How much of injustice and depravity is sanctioned by custom!
It's an ill aire where wee gaine nothing.
It's an ill aire where wee gaine nothing.
Every animal loves itself.
Every animal loves itself.
The escaped mouse ever feeles the taste of the bait.
The escaped mouse ever feeles the taste of the bait.
None knowes the weight of anothers burthen.
None knowes the weight of anothers burthen.
We have not wings, we cannot soar,
But we have feet to scale and climb
By slow read more
We have not wings, we cannot soar,
But we have feet to scale and climb
By slow degrees, by more and more,
The cloudy summits of our time.
With what knot shall I bind this Proteus, who is ever shifting
his ground?
With what knot shall I bind this Proteus, who is ever shifting
his ground?
He is a great Necromancer, for he asks counsel counsell of the
Dead (i.e. books).
He is a great Necromancer, for he asks counsel counsell of the
Dead (i.e. books).