I have somewhere seen it observed, that we should make the same use of a Book that the Bee does of a Flower; she steals sweets from it, but does not injure it.
Colton.
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A
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OF
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QUOTATIONS OF MAXIMS, METAPHORS, COUNSELS, CAUTIONS, APHORISMS, PROVERBS, &c. &c.
FROM
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