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How much of injustice and depravity is sanctioned by custom!
How much of injustice and depravity is sanctioned by custom!
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.
Love makes a good eye squint.
Love makes a good eye squint.
A little Kitchin makes a large house.
A little Kitchin makes a large house.
A Tyrant is most tyrant to himselfe.
A Tyrant is most tyrant to himselfe.
Shun an inquisitive man, he is invariably a tell-tale.
Shun an inquisitive man, he is invariably a tell-tale.
Thursday come, and the week's gone.
Thursday come, and the week's gone.
He that is surprized with the first frost feeles it all the
winter after.
He that is surprized with the first frost feeles it all the
winter after.
