Moral emblems, with aphorisms, adages, and proverbs, of all ages and nations (1862)
Cats, Jacob, 1577-1660, Farlie, Robert, Venne, Adriaen Pietersz. van de, 1589-1662, Leighton, John, 1822-1912, Pigot, Richard · London, Longman, Green, Longman and Roberts · leaf 218
A FOOLISH WOMAN IS CLAMOROUS. BETTER BEND THAN BREAK. Cedendo J7ictor abibis. … BY YIELDING THOU MAYST CONQUER. THAT the (lender Reed you fee,Chafd and driven by the blaft,Should not foon uprooted be,Or upon the waters caft;—-That fo frail a thing in formIs not quickly borne away,Rent to tatters by the ftorm,Is a wondrous thing, you fay ? cg^ FLECTI NON FRANGI. ■*&& HE…
Emblems
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![An illustration from Pars I. des berühmten italiänische[n] Ritters Caesaris Ripae, allerley Künsten und Wissenschafften dienlicher Sinnbildern und Gedancken : welchen jedesmahlen eine hierzu taugliche Historia oder Gleichnis beÿgefüget (1758)](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-parsidesberuhmte00ripa-22-16.webp)
