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 71
uine they combine their might: Aire maketh way for flame, Earth builds a pyre, My moifture feeds the ftill confuming fire. Still as I mine by light, by light I dy, As cause of life, fo of mortality, It was Prometheus fault who ftole away Heavns fire, and joynd it to his mortall clay. Moifture doth… … UNDER FAIR WORDS, BEWARE OF A FRAUD. ONE SWALLOW DOES NOT MAKE A SUMMER. 21, met Wyl.
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