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Give thy thoughts no tongue,               Nor any unproportioned thought his act.

From The American Union Speaker by Philbrick, John D. (John Dudley)

Again, take a view of spiritual things, holden out in the gospel, and there is as incongruous and unproportioned carriage of our hearts toward them.

From The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning by Binning, Hugh

—Henry Van Dyke Give thy thoughts no tongue, Nor any unproportioned thought his act.

From Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Literature by Ontario. Ministry of Education

The teaching school, an useful and virtuous occupation, even the teaching in a private family, was in every Catholic subjected to the same unproportioned punishment.

From The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 02 (of 12) by Burke, Edmund

Give thy thoughts no tongue, Nor any unproportioned thought his act Be thou familiar, but by no means vulgar.

From Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare by Nesbit, E. (Edith)