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Quarles' Emblems (1800)

Quarles, Francis, 1592-1644 · New York : N. Tibbals and Co · leaf 106

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things more ravish in the expectation than in fruition : but things eternal, more in the fruition thanexpectation. Ibidem.The life of man is the middle between angels and beasts:if man takes pleasure in carnal things, he is compared tobeasts : but if he delight in spiritual things, he is suited…

Emblems · Christian poetry, English · English poetry

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