Moral emblems, with aphorisms, adages, and proverbs, of all ages and nations (1862) (14746720322)

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Title: Moral emblems, with aphorisms, adages, and proverbs, of all ages and nations

Year: 1862 (1860s)

Authors: Cats, Jacob, 1577-1660 Farlie, Robert Venne, Adriaen Pietersz. van de, 1589-1662 Leighton, John, 1822-1912 Pigot, Richard

Subjects: Emblems

Publisher: London, Longman, Green, Longman and Roberts

Contributing Library: The Library of Congress

Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

Text Appearing Before Image:

A FOOLISH WOMAN IS CLAMOROUS. BETTER BEND THAN BREAK. Cedendo J7ictor abibis.

Text Appearing After Image:

BY YIELDING THOU MAYST CONQUER. THAT the (lender Reed you fee,Chafd and driven by the blaft,Should not foon uprooted be,Or upon the waters caft;—-That fo frail a thing in formIs not quickly borne away,Rent to tatters by the ftorm,Is a wondrous thing, you fay ? cg^ FLECTI NON FRANGI. ■*&& HE THAT ENDURETH, IS NOT OVERCOME. Since fo oft the (lately Oak, Towring upward to the ikies,Is uprooted by the ftroke, Een defpite its ftrength and fize!Strange as this may feem to thee, Tis with wife instruction rife,And imports how men may be Victors in the ftorms of Life.Things of lowly growth and height Have but little weight to bear ;And, whateer the tempefts might, Feel it in diminifhd fhare:Lefs exposd to every wind Than the lofty foreft trees,n;! Humbler plants a quiet find 0 That is feldom known to thefe. Fragile though the Reed appear To refill fo fierce a blaft,Yet it hath no need to fear ; For when once the gale is pair,Lifting then its head anew, Still unharmd, oer fen and la

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