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A man would live in Italy (a place of pleasure) but he would
chuse to dy in Spain (where read more
A man would live in Italy (a place of pleasure) but he would
chuse to dy in Spain (where they say the Catholick Religion is
professed with greatest strictness).
He puls with a long rope, that waits for anothers death.
He puls with a long rope, that waits for anothers death.
Hope is a waking dream.
Hope is a waking dream.
It is sheer folly to take unwilling hounds to the chase.
It is sheer folly to take unwilling hounds to the chase.
A long tongue is a signe of a short hand.
[A long tongue is a sign of a short read more
A long tongue is a signe of a short hand.
[A long tongue is a sign of a short hand.]
No Church-yard is so handsom, that a man would desire straight to
bee buried there.
No Church-yard is so handsom, that a man would desire straight to
bee buried there.
Some evils are cured by contempt.
Some evils are cured by contempt.
A cup concealed in the dress is rarely honestly carried.
A cup concealed in the dress is rarely honestly carried.
He is not poor who has a competency.
He is not poor who has a competency.
