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Emblems, divine and moral (1812)

Quarles, Francis, 1592-1644 · London : Printed at the Chiswick Press by C. Whittingham · leaf 227

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hey may behold vanity. S. Chrts. Sup. Mat. xix.What is the evil woman but the enemy offriendship, an avoidable pain, a necessary mis-chief, a natural temptation, a desirable calamity,a domestic danger, a delectable inconvenience,and the nature of evil, painted over with thecolour of good? Epic.… … ESTHER VII. 3. If I have found favour in thy sight, and if it pleasethe king, let my life be given me at my petition. 1 HOu art tUe great Ahasuerus, whose commandDoth stretch from pole to pole; the worlds thy land;Rebellious Vashtis the cornipted will,Which, being calld, refuses to fulfil 222…

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