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“Loyalty is still the same, whether it win or lose the game; true as a dial to the sun, although it be not shined upon.”
― Hudibras
― Hudibras
“His knowledge was not far behind
The knight's, but of another kind,
And he another way came by't ;
Some call it Gifts, and some New Light.
A lib'ral art, that costs no pains
Of study, industry, or brains.”
― Hudibras
The knight's, but of another kind,
And he another way came by't ;
Some call it Gifts, and some New Light.
A lib'ral art, that costs no pains
Of study, industry, or brains.”
― Hudibras
“Printers finde by experience that one Murther is worth two Monsters, and at least three Walking Spirits. For the consequence of Murther is hanging, with which the Rabble is wonderfully delighted. But where Murthers and Walking Spirits meet, there is no other Narrative can come near it.”
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“For as whipp'd tops and bandied balls,
The learned hold, are animals;
So horses they affirm to be
Mere engines made by geometry”
― Hudibras
The learned hold, are animals;
So horses they affirm to be
Mere engines made by geometry”
― Hudibras
