Proverbs in verse, or, Moral instruction conveyed in pictures for use of schools, on the plan of Hogarth moralized . Poniposns, in passing a lialt-famislid wretch,Whose calamities calid for rehef, Stmts by him, unfeeling, his mind on the stretch,To |)Iay, what exceeds our belief. Tliat consequence, borrowd from ill-gotten pelf. Can possibly so foster pride;As to make silly man quite full of himself. Unmindful of all else beside. Tliis picture here shews us, that stnitting along,Unheeding his steps—as he strays, Right into a pit he tumbles thus puts au end to his days. 33 E By

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Proverbs in verse, or, Moral instruction conveyed in pictures for use of schools, on the plan of Hogarth moralized . Poniposns, in passing a lialt-famislid wretch,Whose calamities calid for rehef, Stmts by him, unfeeling, his mind on the stretch,To |)Iay, what exceeds our belief. Tliat consequence, borrowd from ill-gotten pelf. Can possibly so foster pride;As to make silly man quite full of himself. Unmindful of all else beside. Tliis picture here shews us, that stnitting along,Unheeding his steps—as he strays, Right into a pit he tumbles thus puts au end to his days. 33 E By the prodigal son, in the back of this print,. Rfiducd to attending on swine;The painter points out by an unerring hint, That greatness may one day decline. Experience has taught us, that early or late, The power that over-rules all,Ordains that th* unfeeling, in whatever state, Shall meet, unexpected, si full. -^i rail ^—. --•-,1*.- », vO/v- ..^-•- ~ J^^ 34 It is an ill wind indeed that blows nobody good.

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