The Poetical Works of The Rev. Samuel Bishop ... To Which are Prefixed, Memoirs of the Life of the Author By the Rev. Thomas Clare |
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EPIGRAM LXX.
[Heed not the tales the smuggling crew repeat!]
Κρυσεα χαλκειων.
Heed not the tales the smuggling crew repeat!
They'll surely cheat you, who teach you to cheat:
He deals, to lose, who takes base means to save:
'Tis a fool's purchase, when it makes a knave!
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