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Very slight violence will break that which has once been cracked.
Very slight violence will break that which has once been cracked.
The whole race of scribblers flies from the town and yearns for
country life.
The whole race of scribblers flies from the town and yearns for
country life.
Just as the felon condemn'd to die--
With a very natural loathing--
Leaving the sheriff to dream read more
Just as the felon condemn'd to die--
With a very natural loathing--
Leaving the sheriff to dream of ropes,
From his gloomy cell in a vision elopes,
To caper on sunny greens and slopes,
Instead of the dance upon nothing.
To a boyling pot flies comes not.
[To a boiling pot flies come not.]
To a boyling pot flies comes not.
[To a boiling pot flies come not.]
Try your skill in gilt first, and then in gold.
Try your skill in gilt first, and then in gold.
No rule is so general, which admits not some exception.
No rule is so general, which admits not some exception.
He who will not grant a favour has no right to ask one.
He who will not grant a favour has no right to ask one.
They let out on hire their passions and eloquence. [Referring to
lawyers.]
They let out on hire their passions and eloquence. [Referring to
lawyers.]
