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Page 36
... Tell potentates , they live Acting by others ' action , Not loved unless they give , Not strong but by their faction : If potentates reply , Give potentates the lie . Tell men of high condition That the estate , manage Their purpose is ...
... Tell potentates , they live Acting by others ' action , Not loved unless they give , Not strong but by their faction : If potentates reply , Give potentates the lie . Tell men of high condition That the estate , manage Their purpose is ...
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... Tell fortune of her blindness ; Tell nature of decay ; Tell friendship of unkindness ; Tell justice of delay : And if they will reply , Then give them all the lie . Tell arts they have no soundness , But vary by esteeming ; Tell schools ...
... Tell fortune of her blindness ; Tell nature of decay ; Tell friendship of unkindness ; Tell justice of delay : And if they will reply , Then give them all the lie . Tell arts they have no soundness , But vary by esteeming ; Tell schools ...
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... tell the hanging man How of my clay is made the hangman's lime . The lips of time leech to the fountain head ; Love drips and gathers , but the fallen blood Shall calm her sores . And I am dumb to tell a weather's wind How time has ...
... tell the hanging man How of my clay is made the hangman's lime . The lips of time leech to the fountain head ; Love drips and gathers , but the fallen blood Shall calm her sores . And I am dumb to tell a weather's wind How time has ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
BEN JONSON Continued | 27 |
ROSALINDS MADRIGAL | 33 |
Copyright | |
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