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Institutions, essays, and maxims, political, moral, and divine divided into four centuries / by the Right Honoura[ble] L. Marqu. of H[alifax]
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- Institutions, essays, and maxims, political, moral, and divine divided into four centuries / by the Right Honoura[ble] L. Marqu. of H[alifax]
- Author
- Quarles, Francis, 1592-1644.
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- London :: Printed for, and are to be so[ld by] Josias Shaw ...,
- 1698.
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- Maxims.
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"Institutions, essays, and maxims, political, moral, and divine divided into four centuries / by the Right Honoura[ble] L. Marqu. of H[alifax]." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A56827.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 1, 2024.
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now acts the part of a double Parent; Remember her nine months Burthen, and her ten months Travel; forget not her Indulgence when thou didst hang upon her tender Breast; call to mind her Prayers for thee before thou cam'st into the World, and her Cares for thee when thou wert come in∣to it; remember her secret Groans, her affectionate Tears, her broken Slumbers, her daily Fears, her nightly Frights: re∣lieve her Wants, cover her Im∣perfections, comfort her Age, and the Widow's Husband will be the Orphan's Father.