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Emblems, divine and moral (1818)

Quarles, Francis, 1592-1644, Whittingham, Charles, 1767-1840, printer, Jennings, Robert, bookseller, Chiswick Press, printer · Chiswick : Printed at the Chiswick Press, by C. Whittingham ; London : Sold by R. Jennings, Poultry · leaf 36

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heroic mind. S, AVGVST. Envy is the hatred of anothers felicity: in re-spect of superiors, because they are not equal tothem ; in respect of inferiors, lest he should be equalto them; in respect of equals, because they areequal to them: Through envy proceeded the fall ofthe world, and death of… … S3 tn cruce tula gr.ECCLES. II. 17. All is vanity and vexation of spirit.How is the anxious soul of man befoold Tn his desire,That thinks an hectic fever may be coord In flames of fire !Or hopes to rake full heaps of burnishd §old From nasty mire! 34 EMBLEMS. BOOii. 1. A whining lover may as well…

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