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At her old steeple-hat and velvet guard -
I've called her like the ear of Dionysius;

I mean that ear-formed vault, built o'er the dungeon

To catch the groans and discontented murmurs
Of his poor bondsmen. - Even so doth Martha
Drink up for her own purpose all that passes,
Or is supposed to pass, in this wide city
She can retail it too, if that her profit
Shall call on her to do so; and retail it
For your advantage, so that you can make
Your profit jump with hers.

The Conspiracy.

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Then laughs to see them stumble!
Daughter.

Mother! no-
It was a lightning-flash which dazzled me,
And never shall these eyes see true again.
Beef and Pudding, an Old English Comedy.

By this good light, a wench of matchless mettle!
This were a leaguer-lass to love a soldier,
To bind his wounds, and kiss his bloody brow,
And sing a roundel as she helped to arm him,
Though the rough foeman's drums were beat
so nigh

They seemed to bear the burden.

Old Play.

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Wise men applaud us when we eat the eaters, As the devil laughs when keen folks cheat the cheaters.'

The Sea Voyage. CONTENTIONS fierce, Ardent, and dire, spring from no petty cause. Albion.

HE came amongst them like a new-raised spirit,
To speak of dreadful judgments that impend,
And of the wrath to come.
The Reformer.

AND some for safety took the dreadful leap; Some for the voice of Heaven seemed calling on them;

Some for advancement, or for lucre's sake
I leaped in frolic.

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The Dream.

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