"The fineness which a hymn or psalm affords If when the soul unto the lines accords."
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"A civil guest Will no more talk all, than eat all the feast."
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"Bees work for man, and yet they never bruise Their Master's flower, but leave it having done, As fair as ever and as fit to use; So both the flower doth stay and honey run."
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"Church bells beyond the stars heard, the soul's blood, The land of spices; something understood."
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"Sundays observe; think when the bells do chime, 'T is angels' music."
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"Of all smells, bread; of all tastes, salt."
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"Prosperity lets goe the bridle."
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"Shall I, to please another wine-sprung minde, Lose all mine own? God hath giv'n me a measure Short of His can and body; must I find A pain in that, wherein he finds a pleasure?"
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"Hee that goes to bed thirsty riseth healthy."
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"Well may hee smell fire, whose gowne burnes."
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"Envy not greatness: for thou mak'st thereby Thyself the worse, and so the distance greater."
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"He pares his apple that will cleanly feed."
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"Listen, sweet Dove, unto my song, And spread thy golden wings in me; Hatching my tender heart so long, Till it get wing, and flie away with Thee."
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"Destiny is always dark."
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"A cherefull looke makes a dish a feast."
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"A Dwarfe on a Gyants shoulder sees further of the two. [A dwarf on a giant's shoulder sees farther of the two."
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"Of the smells, bread; of the tastes, salt."
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"Look not for musk in a dog's kennel."
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"Half the world knows not how the other half lies."
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"None is a fool always, everyone sometimes."
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