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13. A NOBLE FRIENDSHIP.


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By wine and mirth and every daye's delight
We choose our friends to whom we think we might
Our souls intrust; but fools are they that lend
Their bosome to the shadow of a friend.
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[Line 3rd πατερ . . οιετ', edd. recentt: ap. Plutarch de frat. am. t vii. p. 872.]