Identifier: moralemblemswith00catsj (find matches)
Title: Moral emblems : with aphorisms, adages, and proverbs, of all ages and nations, from Jacob Cats and Robert Farlie : with illustrations freely rendered, from designs found in their works
Year: 1860 (1860s)
Authors: Cats, Jacob, 1577-1660 Farley, Robert Venne, Adriaen Pietersz. van de, 1589-1662, ill Leighton, John, 1822-1912, ill Pigot, Richard
Subjects: Emblems
Publisher: London : Longman, Green, Longman and Roberts
Contributing Library: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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iPSS^gr^S^s^^S, OGNI DONNA A G^UALCHE T ACCA.-SsS-Ssg^-SsS: UNION GIVES STRENGTH. Vechtende Koeyen voegen haar te samen, ah de Wolf komt.
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WHEN THE WOLF COMES, THE OXEN LEAVE OFFFIGHTING TO UNITE IN SELF-DEFENCE. OT long ago, fome oxen of our herds upon the moor,In furious fight among themfelves, as oft Ive feen before,Were fuddenly furprisd to fee fome Wolves, which, crouching low, Were ftealing on the herd to ftrike an unexpected blow. Like magic, all at once, th iiitcftine feuds and bloodfhed ceafc, EENDRAGT GEEFT MAGT. :g^>S-WARS WITHOUT, MAKE PEACE AT HOME. As though the common danger had fubdued them all to peace:And quick,—as if imprefsd with all the folly of their ftrife;Made fenfible that Union alone could fave the lifeOf each and all,—to face the foe they hafte a ring to form.And croup to croup clofe prefsd make front to meet th impending ftorm.*Twas just in time ! for fcarcely were they marfhalld back to back,When down upon the herd already burfts the ravning pack:But all in vain the Wolves aflail; for everywhere they meet Z A phalanx of oppofmg horns, their onfet fierce to greet ; > • And high in

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