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Quarles' emblems (1861)

Quarles, Francis, 1592-1644, Bennett, Charles H. (Charles Henry), 1829-1867, Rogers, W. Harry (William Harry), 1825-1873, Swain, Joseph, 1820-1909, engraver, Evans, Edmund, 1826-1905, engraver, Dundas, Judith, 1927-2008, former owner. IU-R, Leighton Son & Hodge, binders. IU-R · London : James Nisbet and Co., Berners Street · leaf 68

An illustration from Quarles' emblems, 1861, leaf 68
Men love darkness rather than light, because their deeds areevil.—John hi. 19. Lord, when we leave the world and come to thee, How dull, how slug are we 1How backward ! How prepostrous is the motion Of our ungain devotion !Our thoughts are millstones, and our souls are lead. And our desires are…

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