Fancy the Gracchi complaining of treason!

Fancy the Gracchi complaining of treason!

The child saies nothing, but what it heard by the fire.

The child saies nothing, but what it heard by the fire.

A garden must be lookt unto and drest as the body.

A garden must be lookt unto and drest as the body.

The robber and the cautious traveller alike are girded with the
sword; the one uses it as a means read more

The robber and the cautious traveller alike are girded with the
sword; the one uses it as a means of attack, the other as a means
of defence.

For night owls shriek where mounting larks should sing.

For night owls shriek where mounting larks should sing.

Beauty is but a flower,
Which wrinkles will devour.

Beauty is but a flower,
Which wrinkles will devour.

The faulty stands on his guard.

The faulty stands on his guard.

Great actions are not always true sons
Of great and mighty resolutions.

Great actions are not always true sons
Of great and mighty resolutions.

An examin'd enterprize goes on boldly.

An examin'd enterprize goes on boldly.