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I've lately had two spiders Crawling upon my startled hopes-- Now though thy friendly hand has brushed 'em from me, Yet still they crawl offensive to mine eyes: I would have some kind friend to tread upon 'em. - Colley Cibber, Richard III (act IV, sc. 2), (altered) 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. - Sir John Davies, The Immortality of the Soul (sec. XVIII, Feeling) Or (almost) like a Spider, who, confin'd In her Web's centre, shakt with every winde, Moves in an instant, if the buzzing Flie Stir but a string of her Lawn Canopie. - Guillaume de Salluste Du Bartas, Divine Weekes and Workes--First Week--Sixth Day (l. 998) "Will you walk into my parlour?" Said a spider to a fly; "'Tis the prettiest little parlour That ever you did spy." - Mary Howitt, The Spider and the Fly The spider's touch, how exquisitely fine! Feels at each thread, and lives along the line. - Alexander Pope, Essay on Man (ep. I, l. 217)
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