dilemma's

Updated: May 24, 2025

Be sure to turn the Penny; Lye and Swear, 'Tis wholsome Sin: But Jove, thou say'st, will hear. Swear, Fool, or Starve; for the Dilemma's even: A Tradesman thou! and hope to go to Heav'n? Resolv'd for Sea, the Slaves thy Baggage pack, Each saddled with his Burden on his Back.

Joseph Addison - The Spectator, Volume 1: Eighteenth-Century Periodical Essays