“For the next inn he spurs amain,
In haste alights, and skuds away,
But time and tide for no man stay.”

— William Somervile

The Sweet-Scented Miser, line 98.

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English poet 1675–1742

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“For the next inn he spurs amain,
In haste alights, and skuds away,
But time and tide for no man stay.”