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Emblems, divine and moral. New ed., carefully rev. and corr., with recommendatory prefaces by Augustus Toplady, and John Ryland (1839)

Quarles, Francis, 1592-1644, Toplady, Augustus, 1740-1778, Ryland, John Collett, 1723-1792, Wilson, Robert · London J. Bennet · leaf 198

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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 ?I,f but my great Creator did inspireMy chosen earth with that diviner… … E jyr. E L. K i/r 6. Jot. lO ._q ./<rfiunilrr.Jjr-rt{. t/ial J itii.v //i <i,/f //c/.-i (7,iv,Acr t/t l/iy llrttlJi cvn.viinii i/ic c/iii/c,tii ,ii . 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…

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