Social Commentaries
Epigram 17: Euerything is pretty when it is little
From The Nipping and Snipping of Abuses (1614)
Social Commentaries
There is a saying old, (but not so witty)
That when a thing is little, it is pritty:
This doating age of ours it finely fits
Where many men thought wise, haue pretty wies.
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Taylor, John. “Epigram 17: Euerything is pretty when it is little.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/taylor_j/184/.
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Taylor, John. “Epigram 17: Euerything is pretty when it is little.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/taylor_j/184/.
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