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 237
, chufe I muft,J Either to dye by light, or rot by rufl: If I feeke eafe and reft, then lafinefleDoth me confume with mouldy hoarinefle;But if I love to fhine with glorious ray,Then by my flames in teares I melt away.Patience doth lightn this evill : I wifh to liveIn glorious light, and light to… … EVERY MAN AS HIS BUSINESS LIES. A STILL TONGUE MAKES A WISE HEAD, On ne prend Lievre au Tabourin, ny Oiseau a ■ la Tartevelle.
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