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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 258

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SMOOTH \A/ORDS MAKE SMOOTH \A/AYS. PERSEVERANCE ACHIEVES SUCCESS. Geen Booin en valt ten eersten … ONE STROKE FELLS NOT AN OAK. H ! friendj why then fo fad, I pray ?—Thy woeful mien and looks betray Some deep diftress, fome poignant grief,To which I fain would bring reliefMethinks fome crofs-graind, haughty maidHath thine affection ill repaid,— FAINT HEART NEVER WON FAIR LADY. NINETEEN NAY-SAYS…

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