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A prison! heav'ns, I loath the hated name, Famine's metropolis, the sink of shame, A nauseous sepulchre, whose craving womb Hourly inters poor mortals in its tomb; By ev'ry plague and ev'ry ill possess'd, Ev'n purgatory itself to thee 's a jest. - [Prison] I do not love thee, Dr. Fell. But why I cannot tell; But this I know full well, I do not love thee, Dr. Fell. - paraphrase of Marital by Brown as given in his "works", edited by Drake (1760) [Love] What is sauce for the goose is sauce for a gander. - [Proverbs] Neither fish, flesh nor good red herring. - Aeneus Sylvius--Letter [Proverbial Phrases] Like giving a pair of laced ruffles to a man that has never a shirt on his back. - Laconics [Gifts] To treat a poor wretch with a bottle of Burgundy, and fill his snuff-box, is like giving a pair of laced ruffles to a man that has never a shirt on his back. - Laconics [Apparel : Luxury] A cup of cold Adam from the next purling stream. - Works (vol. IV, p. 11) [Water]
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