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 90
S*S*2^ VANITY WILL PROVE VEXATION. ^T^^: EN AMOUR, EN COUR, ET A LA CHASSE, Inter manum et mentum. … MANY A SLIP TWIXT THE CUP AND THE LIP. <ol WIFT, through the flood, cheerd by his matters praife,Jp# With vigrous ftroke the Spaniel cleaves his way, And lo ! already with his ardent gaze,He marks the wounded wild-fowl as his prey.Near and more near upon the bird he gains, And as the fpace that…
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