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Title: Iconologia, or, Moral emblems
Year: 1709 (1700s)
Authors: Ripa, Cesare, fl. 1600 Tempest, Pierce, 1653-1717 Fuller, Isaac, 1606-1672, ill
Subjects: Emblems Emblem books --Great Britain --18th century.
Publisher: London : Printed by Benj. Motte
Contributing Library: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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by the Motto; to which agrees the Grindftonc alfo, forif it be not /«r«Vround, it has not the Force to wear the Knife by grinding.The Lawsof Cuftom are valid, and always prevail. Fig. 67. Contrafto : Q^U A %E L L 1 K G. A Man armd, in a fighting Poflure, with a fiery Face. Quarellingbeing between two, or more, and therefore holds his Sword as if he wouldmake a Pafs at fomcbody ; with a Cat and a Dog at his Heels, as if theywould fight. The Cat and the Dog fignifie that Quarelling proceeds from being ofa contrary Nature, one to another. Fig. 68. Contento : CONTENT. A Spark pompoudy clothd, with a Sword by his Side; the Ornamentsof his Head ar^ a Plume of Feathers, and Jewels, a Looking-Glafs inojie Hand, and in the other a Silver Bafon, clapt to his Thigh, full ofMoney, and Jewels. He looking in the Glafs, iliewsthat, if a Man be ignorant of his ownGood, he cannot be content, and therefore looks upon his own fineClotlK&, Mony and Jewels, with much Satisfadlion and Content. C(pu.
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