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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 98

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FLEE LOVE, AND IT WILL FOLLOW THEE. … !IGH up in air, the fea-mew fpiesAn oyfter lying on the ftrand,Gaping with open fhell t inhale The fummer breeze from off the land.To feize the lufcious morfel quick—With fudden fwoop and deadly pick,The fea-bird darts his horny beakBetween the oyfters fhell: HOLD-FAST IS A GOOD DOG. FORCE WITHOUT…

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