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“Thou hast an house on high erect, Framed by that mighty Architect, With glory richly furnished, Stands permanent though thisbe fled.”

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Flesh of my flesh, bone of my bone, I here, though there, yet both but one.

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If ever two were one, then surely we. If ever man were lov'd by wife, then thee; If ever wife was happy in a…

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“Authority without wisdom is like a heavy axe without an edge, fitter to bruise than polish.”

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There is no object that we see; no action that we do; no good that we enjoy; no evil that we feel, or fear,…

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“Let such as say our sex is void of reason, Know it is slander now but once was treason.”

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What to my Saviour shall I giveWho freely hath done this for me?I'll serve him here whilst I shall liveAnd Loue him to Eternity

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The stones and trees, insensible to time, / Nor age nor wrinkle on their front are seen; / If Winter come, and greenness then…

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If ever two were one, then surely we. If ever man were loved by wife, then thee.

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Satan, that great angler, hath his sundry baits for sundry tempers of men, which they all catch greedily at, but few perceive the hook…

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“...And although thus short, we shorten many ways, Living so little while we are alive; In eating, drinking, sleeping, vain delight So unawares comes…

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I am obnoxious to each carping tongue who says my hand a needle better fits,

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My age I will not once lament, / But sing, my time so near is spent.

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