Quarles' Emblems (1861) (14743900321)
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Title: Quarles' Emblems
Year: 1800 (1800s)
Authors: Quarles, Francis, 1592-1644
Subjects: Emblems Christian poetry, English English poetry
Publisher: New York : N. Tibbals and Co
Contributing Library: Princeton Theological Seminary Library
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<£ R 103R QUARLES EMBLEMS ILLUSTRATED BYCHARLES BENNETT AND W. HARRY ROGERS. FrcLY\cva Qao^rW NEW YORK: N. TIBBALS AND CO., 37, PARK ROW AND 145, NASSAU STREET. THE ILLUSTRATIONSENGRAVED BY JOSEPH SWAIN AND EDMUND EVAN; 111 \i\ MICH llN< \\ RED, AND \< I I ESS I kll \BELOVED FRIEND, EDWARD BENLOWES, ESQ. My dear Friend, T7OU have put the Theorbo into my hand, and I haveA played : you gave the musician the first encourage-ment ; the music returncth to you for patronage. Had itbeen a light air, no doubt but it had taken the most, andamong them the worst; but being a grave strain, myhopes are, that it will please the best, and among themyou. Toyish airs please trivial cars ; they kiss the fancy,and betray it. They cry, Hail, first; and after, Crucify :Let daws delight to immerd themselves in dung, whilsteagles scorn so poor a game as flies. Sir, you have artand candour; let the one judge, let the other excuse. Your most affectionate Friend, ERA. QUARLES. To the Readerquarles00quar
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Francis QuarlesFrancis Quarles war ein englischer Dichter und Emblematiker. Gemessen an der Auflagenzahl seiner Werke, besonders der beiden beliebtesten, des Gedichtbandes Emblemes und der Aphorismensammlung Enchyridion, gilt er seinem Biographen Karl Josef Höltgen zufolge als der „populärste englische Dichter des 17. Jahrhunderts“. Die Zeit seines Wirkens fällt größtenteils in die politisch und religiös unruhige Regierungszeit Karls I., mit dessen Politik und den daraus erwachsenden gesellschaftlichen Konsequenzen Quarles sich in seinen Werken kritisch auseinandersetzte. .. weiterlesen