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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 86

An illustration from Quarles' emblems, 1861, leaf 86
There is no end of all his labour; neither is his eyesatisfied zvith riches.—ECCLES. IV. 8. O HOW our widend arms can over-stretch Their own dimensions ! How our hands can reach Beyond their distance ! How our yielding breast Can shrink to be more full and full possest Of this inferior orb ! How…

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