Advice of a father, or, Counsel to a child directing him to demean himself in the most important passages of this life.
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Advice of a father, or, Counsel to a child directing him to demean himself in the most important passages of this life.
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London :: Printed for the author,
1664.
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Subject terms
Youth -- Conduct of life.
Conduct of life.
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"Advice of a father, or, Counsel to a child directing him to demean himself in the most important passages of this life." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A26441.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 25, 2024.
Pages
I.
WHat the eye doth not see, it doth not
affect; we look, and then we like;
there can be no discovery in the dark, and con∣sequently
no desiring; I were a fool to dote
upon that face, whose beauty I can wink into
blackness, and in a moment can cause to vanish;
I will keep the Casement shut, lest what gets
into the Window, make way for a greater mis∣chief.
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