Proverbs in verse, or, Moral instruction conveyed in pictures for use of schools, on the plan of Hogarth moralized . Of this adage, our Painter has taken some painsT express his ideas, in time of hard frost; And tho rather far-fetchd, its true sense still remains,Nor arc his just notions of custom here lost. By the figures brought forward in this wintry scene,One blowing his fingers, as pcrishd with cold ; Another in spirits nearly naked, is seen,Accustomd by habit; the contrast is told. Hence we learn that mere creatures of habit wc are,-Tliat custom can change een our natural tone ; Make us
Proverbs in verse, or, Moral instruction conveyed in pictures for use of schools, on the plan of Hogarth moralized . Of this adage, our Painter has taken some painsT express his ideas, in time of hard frost; And tho rather far-fetchd, its true sense still remains,Nor arc his just notions of custom here lost. By the figures brought forward in this wintry scene,One blowing his fingers, as pcrishd with cold ; Another in spirits nearly naked, is seen,Accustomd by habit; the contrast is told. Hence we learn that mere creatures of habit wc are,-Tliat custom can change een our natural tone ; Make us this thing or that, by degrees, and as farAs we comt it ourselves; or leave it alone. 43 Since, good or Ul habits are as readily g&iod^ And when gaind, become of the mlud, a strong feature; Its incumbent on all, to beware theyre not staindWith suoh habits of vice, as dishouoor their 44 What cant be cured, must be endured.
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