. Choice emblems : natural, historical, fabulous, moral and divine, for the improvement and pastime of youth : ornamented with near fifty handsome allegorical engravings, designed on purpose for this work : with pleasing and familiar descriptions to each, in prose and verse, serving to display the beauties and morals of the ancient fabulists : the whole calculated to convey the golden lessons of instruction under a new and more delightful dress : written for the amusement of the right honorable Lord Newbattle . lly prevent it, but ( 107 ) at die fame time he defeats his own end, forhe cruf
. Choice emblems : natural, historical, fabulous, moral and divine, for the improvement and pastime of youth : ornamented with near fifty handsome allegorical engravings, designed on purpose for this work : with pleasing and familiar descriptions to each, in prose and verse, serving to display the beauties and morals of the ancient fabulists : the whole calculated to convey the golden lessons of instruction under a new and more delightful dress : written for the amusement of the right honorable Lord Newbattle . lly prevent it, but ( 107 ) at die fame time he defeats his own end, forhe cruflies the infect to pieces; and thus byhis own eagernefs lofes the fruit of his toil,and deiiroys that beauty wliich he coveted topoflefs. THIS is an apt Emblem of the impetuofityof youth, which with a blind precipitancy pur-fues vain pleafures that never can afford anyfolid enjoyment. PaiTion is ever Herce, headlong, and regard-U{^s of confequences; it is ready to encounterall oppofition, to run through every danger,for the moil trifling acquifition, and its hurryoften deiiroys the objedls on which its wifheshave been fet, by no other means than itseagernefs to poffefs them. Paflion thus indulged can never contributeany thing to felicity ; and he who knows notwhat it is to be moderate in the purfuit of plea-fures wilL never know what it is truly to enjoy them. And ( lo8 ) And moreover, we lliould ever Avoid to take the life we cannot give, Since all things have an equal right tolive. M B L E iVI ( 109 ). EMBLEM XXVin. O F A M B I T I O X. WH y would yon Eagle proudly fearfo high, And flrive to emulate the dillant Sees fhe not the weight, andfiraitning all her powV with double force with- vain, fond bird, your pinions you extend,Checkd in your flight, to earth you muft de- fcend,Evn fo would mad ambition wildly towr,Boundlefs his wi(h, but limited his powr. Remember all things have a certain once atralud your Ke plus ultra s found :Ambitio
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