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Identifier: moralemblemswit00cats (find matches)
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
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BELIEVE NOT ALL THOU HEAREST. _LITTLE CHIPS KINDLE A LARGE FIRE. Culex fodit oculum Leonis.
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THE GNAT STINGS THE EYES OF THE LION. IpRIENDS! come here and lift to me! Something ftrange I would relate;Should it prove of ufe to thee, That will me well compenfate. Though fo ftrong the Lion be, Though fo full of Majefty, LITTLE BROOKS MAKE GREAT RIVERS. LITTLE BODIES HAVE GREAT SOULS. Though his eyes fo fiercely gleam,And fo terrible he feem;That no man, whoeer he be,Can unmovd his anger fee;Yet the gnat, though hes fo fmall,And fo flight of limb withal,Is fo wondrous brave and keen,That the Lion oft is feenFilld with dread as foon as heGnats perceives but two or three!Yet the gnat doth not attackSlyly, or behind his back;But, firft, like a genrous foe,Scorning all advantage low,When the Lion comes in fight,Sounds his challenge to the fight;And forthwith bids him prepareAll his fierceft wrath to bear.0 Nor doth he aflault his foe Q Where he leaft defence can fhow; Though fo fmall, yet keenly bold,Like a Paladin of old,He the Lion fcorns taflail,On the flank or on the tail.Front t

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