. The doctrine of morality : or, A view of human life, according to the stoick philosophy : exemplify'd in one hundred and three copper-plates, done by the celebrated Monsieur Daret, engraver to the Late French King, with an explanation of each plate . emnens extremos inter euntem. Inde fit, ut raro qui fe vixijfe beatum Dicat & exaBo contenus tempore vita Cedat, ttti conviva fatur reperire queamus. Whereas neither the Winters freezing Cold,Or Summers Heat, or raging Seas with-holdYou from Purfuit of Gain ; or Sword, or Fire,Can make you flop, or quell the fierce Defire :All that oppofes you f
. The doctrine of morality : or, A view of human life, according to the stoick philosophy : exemplify'd in one hundred and three copper-plates, done by the celebrated Monsieur Daret, engraver to the Late French King, with an explanation of each plate . emnens extremos inter euntem. Inde fit, ut raro qui fe vixijfe beatum Dicat & exaBo contenus tempore vita Cedat, ttti conviva fatur reperire queamus. Whereas neither the Winters freezing Cold,Or Summers Heat, or raging Seas with-holdYou from Purfuit of Gain ; or Sword, or Fire,Can make you flop, or quell the fierce Defire :All that oppofes you furmount, but why ? Becaufe no Man fliall Richer be than in purfuit of Wealth one always findsStill one that richer is, which galls our Minds ;So in the Race, when from the BarThe Chariots ftart, each Driver farFrom minding thofe he has paft by,Still on the foremoft keeps his Eye,Proud to be always firft, we neer look downOn thofe whofe States inferiour to our own :This is the Caufe one rarely finds a Man,Who cries, I own Ive happy livd, and canContented be this day to quit the Stage,It is enough, Ive livd to a good Age ;Chearful takes leave, and Death does fmiling meet,As pleasd as he that rifes from a Treat. A View of Human Life. Ï07. Ce viel Avare à tous momensSurffre mille divers craint les Elemens, les Demons, & les HommesIl croit mal-ajfeuré, ce quil a dans les cependant mijérables Humains !Voila ce qui nous plaift ; voila ce que nous fommes. This Ùfurer each Moment feels Torments as great as Racks and Wheels ; He fears each Noife, ftarts at the Air, Fancies fome Thief, or Devils near ; And thinks not what he grafps fecure. See miferable Mortals here Your wretched State, the Pains you muft endure. io8 The DoBrine of MORALITY; or, Li <%S9^&) X iH- m] WS^YKSr The Explanation of the Fpurtand-Fiftieth Picture. LAvarice eft Iufatiable. Avarice is I/ifatiaie* E trouvez, pas mauvais que notre Pein-tre ait ajouté ces Maledictions à cellesqui fun
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