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Quotes by Sir John Davies
Much like a subtle spider, which doth sit In middle of her web, which spreadeth wide: If aught do touch the utmost thread of it, She feels it instantly on every side.— filed under Instruction
(Moral.) Wedlock, indeed, hath oft compared been To public feasts, where meet a public rout, Where they that are without would fain go in, And they that are within would fain go out.— filed under Matrimony
There was a man bespake a thing, Which when the owner home did bring, He that made it did refuse it : And he that brought it would not use it, And he that hath it doth not know Whether he hath it yea or no.— filed under Occupations-Undertakers
Deed are males, words females are. gg.— filed under Proverbs