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Moral emblems : with aphorisms, adages, and proverbs, of all ages and nations, from Jacob Cats and Robert Farlie : with illustrations freely rendered, from designs found in their works (1860)

Cats, Jacob, 1577-1660, Farley, Robert, Venne, Adriaen Pietersz. van de, 1589-1662, ill, Leighton, John, 1822-1912, ill, Pigot, Richard · London : Longman, Green, Longman and Roberts · leaf 182

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STIRRING MASTERS MAKE A RICH HOUSEHOLD. EXAMPLE IS STRONQER THAN PRECEPT. … jORT! hard a-port! ftarboard your helm! lookoutSee what our neighbour in the Schuyts about!Upon a fand-fpit there as fure as day,Hes hard and faft; right in the courfe we lay!Give her a good wide berth, my mate, that weClear well the fand-tail where thofe breakers be. WISE MEN LEARN BY OTHERS HARM.…

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