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 257
its ende,Nor have I wherewithal more light to lende;Greafe fpente, wick burned and fmoake all patted away,Of Light berefte, what bootes it here to ftay ?Yet while I am permitted to remaine,It is to fliewe that I may ferve againe:In patient Hope I therefore byde my time,Until in me freme Light the… … SMOOTH WORDS MAKE SMOOTH WAYS.238 PERSEVERANCE ACHIEVES SUCCESS. Geen Boom en valt ten eersten Slag.
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