Moral Emblems: With Aphorisms, Adages, and Proverbs, of All Ages and Nations |
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alike AMOR beak Beauty beft benè beſt bien bird blow Boreas breath caft caught Chrift CICERO cùm darkeneffe death dogs doth e'en e'er EENDRAGT Epictetus ev'ry evil fair fait FARLIE'S Emblems faults fear felfe fhall fhew fhine fhould fierce fight fire firft fize flame fnuffe FOLLY fome FOOL foon Fortune foule ftill fuch fure gain Galatea give glory HARVARD COLLEGE hath heart Heaven himſelf houſe labour lefs light look Lord Love Love's maer man's MEMET MIHI mind moft moſt muſt NAUPLIUS ne'er neighbour never niet night nihil Nofe omnia once OVID pleaſant pleaſure PLUTARCH Proverb quæ Qui trop embrasse quid quod reaſon reft shew sijn Soul Sunne TENEBRÆ thee theſe Thetis thine things thou Twas twill unto VEEL Virtue Whilft wind WISE
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Page 139 - The light of the body is the eye : therefore when thine eye is single, thy whole body also is full of light ; but when thine eye is evil, thy body also is full of darkness. 35 Take heed therefore, that the light which is in thee be not darkness.
Page 67 - As for man, his days are as grass; as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth : For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone ; and the place thereof shall know it no more.
Page 55 - Heaven doth with us as we with torches do ; Not light them for themselves : for if our virtues Did not go forth of us, 'twere all alike As if we had them not...
Page 79 - I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favor to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.
Page 115 - The glories of our blood and state Are shadows, not substantial things ; There is no armour against fate ; Death lays his icy hand on kings : Sceptre and crown Must tumble down, And in the dust be equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade.
Page 107 - That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world...
Page 119 - Oh ! there are looks and tones that dart An instant sunshine through the heart, — As if the soul that minute caught Some treasure it through life had sought...
Page 19 - Mid pleasures and palaces though we may roam, Be it ever so humble, there's no place like home...
Page 119 - In loving thou dost well, in passion not, Wherein true love consists not. Love refines The thoughts, and heart enlarges ; hath his seat In reason, and is judicious ; is the scale By which to heavenly love thou may'st ascend, Not sunk in carnal pleasure : for which cause, Among the beasts no mate for thee was found.
Page 127 - Of all the causes which conspire to blind Man's erring judgment, and misguide the mind, What the weak head with strongest bias rules, Is pride, the never-failing vice of fools.