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As plague to thy damn'd pride, rot as thou liv'st:
Bussy D'Ambois and The Revenge of Bussy D'Ambois George Chapman
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Thou liv'st at night, the false _dyangs_ would come,
Malayan Literature Various
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Nor love thy life, nor hate; but what thou liv'st, live well; how long or short, permit to heaven.
The Girl Wanted Nixon Waterman 1901
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Live while thou liv'st! for death will make us all,
The Long Night Stanley John Weyman 1891
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Provide thee by craft, for thou liv'st in a time Whose folk are as lions that lurk in a wood,
The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume III Anonymous 1879
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Her death has made her peace, but thou still liv'st.
Specimens of Greek Tragedy — Aeschylus and Sophocles Goldwin Smith 1866
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"Are these thy Mother Carey's chickens, Perth? they are always flying in thy wake; birds of good omen, too, but not to all; -- look here, they burn; but thou -- thou liv'st among them without a scorch."
Moby Dick, or, the whale Herman Melville 1855
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"Are these thy Mother Carey's chickens, Perth? they are always flying in thy wake; birds of good omen, too, but not to all; -- look here, they burn; but thou -- thou liv'st among them without a scorch."
Moby Dick: or, the White Whale Herman Melville 1855
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'Are these thy Mother Carey's chickens, Perth? they are always flying in thy wake; birds of good omen, too, but not to all; -- look here, they burn; but thou -- thou liv'st among them without a scorch. '
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As thou shalt think on prating while thou liv'st! '
Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 442 Volume 17, New Series, June 19, 1852 Various 1841
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