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The girl is the smallest portion of herself. [The girl is all
crinoline and chignon.]
The girl is the smallest portion of herself. [The girl is all
crinoline and chignon.]
My sister and my sister's child,
Myself and children three,
Will fill the chaise: so you must read more
My sister and my sister's child,
Myself and children three,
Will fill the chaise: so you must ride
On horseback after me.
Subtlety set a trap and caught itself.
Subtlety set a trap and caught itself.
Slander is a shipwrack by a dry Tempest.
Slander is a shipwrack by a dry Tempest.
The drunkard is convicted by his praises of wine.
The drunkard is convicted by his praises of wine.
And, oftentimes, excusing of a fault,
Doth make the fault the worse by the excuse.
And, oftentimes, excusing of a fault,
Doth make the fault the worse by the excuse.
Let him who has once perceived how much that, which has been
discarded, excels that which he has longed read more
Let him who has once perceived how much that, which has been
discarded, excels that which he has longed for, return at once,
and seek again that which he despised.
Stay a little, that we may make an end the sooner.
Stay a little, that we may make an end the sooner.
Autumnall Agues are long, or mortall.
Autumnall Agues are long, or mortall.