Epigrams upon the paintings of the most eminent masters, antient and modern with reflexions upon the several schools of painting / by J.E., Esq.

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Title
Epigrams upon the paintings of the most eminent masters, antient and modern with reflexions upon the several schools of painting / by J.E., Esq.
Author
Elsum, John, fl. 1700-1705.
Publication
London :: Printed for Dan. Brown ... and G. Strahan ...,
1700.
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Painting -- Quotations, maxims, etc.
Epigrams, English.
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"Epigrams upon the paintings of the most eminent masters, antient and modern with reflexions upon the several schools of painting / by J.E., Esq." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A39320.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 16, 2024.

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St. John in the Wilderness, by Austin Carrats. EPIG. XLV. (Book 45)

THIS Child a Pop'lous City can't abide, Therefore t' a Desert flys himself to hide. There he lives sparingly on Herb, or Root, And cools his thirst with Water, or with Fruit. A Stone his Pillow is, his Couch the Ground, His Garment Camel-hair with Girdle bound. But who does here this Infant-Baptist teach? Do the mute Trees instruct the Lad to preach? Or do the Birds and Stars this Hermit raise, To celebrate their Great Creator's Praise?

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Inquire not who his Master is, but know 'Tis he who does inform all things below. How thou prevail'st both in Success and Choice, Carrats! this Child proclaims with manly Voice.
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