. Choice emblems, natural, historical, fabulous, moral, and divine : for the improvement and pastime of youth : displaying 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 a young nobleman . y, becaufe they were goo J. It is a melancholy truth, that great citiestoo much abound with great vices, A ruralretreat is the nurfe of contemplation, where,by frequently converfmg with our ownhearts, we are moft likely to gain a portionof that feif-knowledge, which is juft
. Choice emblems, natural, historical, fabulous, moral, and divine : for the improvement and pastime of youth : displaying 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 a young nobleman . y, becaufe they were goo J. It is a melancholy truth, that great citiestoo much abound with great vices, A ruralretreat is the nurfe of contemplation, where,by frequently converfmg with our ownhearts, we are moft likely to gain a portionof that feif-knowledge, which is juftlyefleemed the moft valuable of all fciences. Eeiides, if we compare all the beauties ofart with thofe oijimple yiature^ we {hall findthe former to be but faint copies of thelatter ; and, when put in competition withthe works of the Great Archited, there isno wonder that they fljould fuik in thecomparifon, APPLICATION. C 62 ] APPLICATION. Content, which is one ot the greateftbleffings on earth, is, above all, to be ,ex-pected in /weet reth-cment. She fliesfrom palaces and popuious cities, to thefcenes oijimpknature, where llie abides withthe fimple fwain, and the village , too, the Philofopher muy befl wooher to his arms, and, bVfelorting to Na-tureU haunts^ may embrace the felicity headmires. EMBLEM. EMBLEM LV. Of Lojl Reputatioiu nr HE well-formM Bell, which formerly was found**• To charm the ear with its loud pealing found,Thus crackd, no more can of its mufic boaft,Ics powr of melody for ever loft :Its notes no longer fill the ambient airWith founds of joy, or call to facred prayr. MORAL. Thus Reputtiion^ while preferved, will, conftant tribute of a well-earnd praife ;Her fame, like fweeteft mufic, far is borne,And echoes plcasd, the grateful notes return :But flawd, or fullyd once, here ends ker f\s-ay,The notes furceale, the mufic dies away. THE [ i64 ] THE Bell, which fends forth a folemnfound, to invite to prayers, and a ftill moredoleful one
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