Quarles' emblems, divine and moral- together with hieroglyphics of the life of man (1800) (14725023486)

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Title: Quarles' emblems, divine and moral: together with hieroglyphics of the life of man
Year: 1800 (1800s)
Authors: Quarles, Francis, 1592-1644
Subjects: Emblems
Publisher: London : Printed for Alex. Hogg
Contributing Library: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign



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rubbers : every fouls a winner.The vulgar proverbs croft, he hardly can Be a good bowler and an honeft man.Good God 1 turn thou my Brafil thoughts anew ; New-fole my bowls, and make their bias true.Ill ceafe the game, till fairer ground be given ;Nor wiQi to win, until the mark be heavn. S. BERNARD. Lib. de Confid. O you/ofjs of Adam f you covetous generations^ zvhathave ye to do with earthly richeSy which are neither true,Tior yours P Gold andfilver are real earth, red and white,which the only error of man makes, or rather reputes,precious: injhort, if they he yours, carry them with you, S. HIERON. in Ep. O lufl, thou infernal f re, whofefuel is gluttony ; whofefame is pride ; zuhofe fparkles are wanton words ; whofefmoke is infamy ; whofe apes are uncleannefs ; whofe endiihell. EPIG. lo. Mammon, well followed: Cupid ; bravely led ;Both touchers ; equal fortune makes a dead :No reed can meafure where the conqueft lies ;Take my advice j compound, and (hare the prize. Ephes, B.I.^/«A
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Mundus in. ExitunxL ruit. The/r ill-tztnd Speed admits (yf no DeLxy.T/u/ii tr J)e.ftriteticri run.v the World ajt4iy. Book I. EMBLEMS. 31 XI. E PH £ s. ii. 2. Te walked according to the courfe of this worldy accord-ing to the prince of the air, I. O Whither will this mad-brain v.orld, at lafl,Be drivii r Where will her reftlefs wheels ar-Why hurries on her ill-matchd pair fo fail r (rive ? O wliither means her furious groom to drive ?What, will her rambling fits be never paft rFor ever ranging r Never once retrieve ? Will earths perpetual progrefs neer expire?Her teem continuing in their frelh career:And yet they never reft, and yet they never tire.2. Sols hot-mouthd fteeds, whofe noftrils vomit flame. And brafen lungs belch forth quotidian fire \Their twelve hours tafk performd, grow ftifF andAnd their immortal fpirits faint and tire : (lame^At thazure mountains foot their labours claimThe privilege of reft, where they retire To quench their burning fetlocks, and go fteepTheir flami