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To lead, or brass, or some such bad Metal, a prince's stamp mav add That value, which it never had. But to the pure refined ore, The stamp of kings imparts no more Worth, than the metal held before.
To lead, or brass, or some such bad Metal, a prince's stamp mav add That value, which it never had. But to the pure refined ore, The stamp of kings imparts no more Worth, than the metal held before.
Approximate author period: c. 1614 AD · renaissance
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- Thomas Carew
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- Approximate author period: c. 1614 AD · renaissance
author lifetime midpoint (1589–1639)
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- Hoyt’s New Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations (1922) (1922 AD)
Printed page 488 · quotation 15 · Thomas Carew · To T. H. A Lady Resembling My Mistress.
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