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Obscurity
Obscurity: It is not in the storm nor in the strife We feel benumb'd, and wish to be no more, But in the after-silence on the…
Evil
Evil: Evil events from evil causes spring.
Farewell
Farewell: He turn'd him right and round about Upon the Irish shore, And gae his bridle reins a shake, With Adieu for evermore, My…
Courtesy
Courtesy: A moral, sensible, and well-bred man Will not affront me, and no other can.
Matrimony
Matrimony: He that hath a wife and children hath given hostages to fortune; for they are impediments to great enterprises, either…
Occupations-Shoemaking
Occupations-Shoemaking: In sculpture did ever anybody call the Apollo a fancy piece? Or say of the Laocoön how it might be made…