“As good almost kill a man as kill a good book: who kills a man kills a reasonable…”

“The solitary monk who shook the world From pagan slumber, when the gospel trump Thunder'd its challenge from…”

“Death, as the Psalmist saith, is certain to all; all shall die. How a good yoke of bullocks…”

“Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?”

“In arguing too, the parson own'd his skill, For e'en though vanquish'd he could argue still; While words…”

“Many count their chickens before they are hatched; and where they expect bacon, meet with broken bones.”