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bes arrayd;Alike they flourish, and alike they fade :The beast in sense exceeds him ; and in growth,The three-agd oak doth thrice exceed them both.Why lookst thou then so big, thou little spanOf earth ? what art thou more in being man 1I,f but my great Creator did inspireMy chosen earth with that… … Job . io . () . /tr/nrftilfr.lfrt/. f/nif 7na.s nmJc fnrn (7uv.[(/•//( thy llrdl/i cvitsutnc nic iftiitc iur<.n-. BOOK III. EMBLEMS. 117 He gave me art to lengthen out my spanOf life, and made me all in being man.I,* but that passion has committed treasonAgainst the sacred person of thy reason…
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