. 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 . ajor. JEqua lege neceffitasSortitur infignes & imosyOmne capax movet urna nomen. For whether fpfung from Royal Blood,Or from the meaneftof the Crowd,Tis all aCafe, - for nought can fave ;The Hand of Fate does ftrike at all, -And thou art furely doamd to fallA Sacrifice to the impartial Lots are eaft, Fate fhakes the Urn,And each Mans L
. 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 . ajor. JEqua lege neceffitasSortitur infignes & imosyOmne capax movet urna nomen. For whether fpfung from Royal Blood,Or from the meaneftof the Crowd,Tis all aCafe, - for nought can fave ;The Hand of Fate does ftrike at all, -And thou art furely doamd to fallA Sacrifice to the impartial Lots are eaft, Fate fhakes the Urn,And each Mans Lot muft take his turn ;Some foon leap out, and fome more late :But (till tis fure each Mortals LotWill doom his Soul to Charons Boat,To bear the eternal Banifhment of Fate. One Man does larger Fields poffefs,One ftands more fair for Offices,The drudging Darling of the Croud ; Whilft one his Manners, or nis Friends,. Or his obfequious Train commands,And one in Fame is greater, or in Blood ;Yet equal Death does ftrike at all,The Haughty Great, and Humole Small,She ftnkes with an impartial Hand, Sae fhakes the vaft capacious Urn, And each Mans Lot muft take its turn,Through every Glafs ftie prefles equal Sand. Creech. A View of Human Life. zoj. Toutes les fois quil flaift au fort,De nos jours incertains la Courfe eft achevé eft devenu Louis ? Il eft aufft bien mort,Que Pharamond & Meroiiée. Wheneer Fate pleafe, we Mortals die5What of Great Lewis is become ?Hes dead, and in the filent Tomb As well as Pharamond The Doff rim of MORALITY ; or, The Explanation of the Fortieth Plate. Le Chemin de h Mort eft commun a tous. the. Road to Heath is contmon to all Men.
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