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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 38

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PRIDE THAT DINES ON VANITY, SUPS ON CONTEMPT. G^UI EST BIEN, S^UIL SY TIENNE. Iry dae-r gy zyt. … REST CONTENT WHERE THOU ART. THERE is a Fifh, fo Fifliers fay,Of mood fo giddy and io gay;So fond of glare and dazzling light,That even in the darkeft night,Twill crowd thereto in fportive play,And een more ready than by dayBecome the wily Fifhers prey. WHOSO IS WELL, LET HIM KEEP SO.…

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