Proverbs in verse, or, Moral instruction conveyed in pictures for use of schools, on the plan of Hogarth moralized . --•-,1*.- », vO/v- ..^-•- ~ J^^ 34 It is an ill wind indeed that blows nobody .a u riK Honest Dick and his Wife, once to sea, took a Inp, Allien a sudden cross wind overs*;t the light sliip ;Hand in hand over deck went this couple togctlicr,*Snsan sank like a stone, Ricliard swam like a feather,ihunk my stars, cries the man, safe arrivd from the Hood,ris an ill wind indeed that blows nobody good !In this ballad of old, consolation is fonnd,^^ hclher drownd in the sea, or
Proverbs in verse, or, Moral instruction conveyed in pictures for use of schools, on the plan of Hogarth moralized . --•-,1*.- », vO/v- ..^-•- ~ J^^ 34 It is an ill wind indeed that blows nobody .a u riK Honest Dick and his Wife, once to sea, took a Inp, Allien a sudden cross wind overs*;t the light sliip ;Hand in hand over deck went this couple togctlicr,*Snsan sank like a stone, Ricliard swam like a feather,ihunk my stars, cries the man, safe arrivd from the Hood,ris an ill wind indeed that blows nobody good !In this ballad of old, consolation is fonnd,^^ hclher drownd in the sea, or laid safe under ground,Dick gets rid of his mate, his burden of life,Does not mourn, bat rejoice, at the death of his in a shipwreck, where each soul on board perishVI,By th unfeeling on land, hopes of plunder are chcrisiid: 36 On the coast they collected, expecting the stores Of the yessel so wreckd, to be cast on the shorei*. Their wish soon requited—abundance of things To them each successive wave presently brings : All seize what is near them, yet it goes to their heart, That of all this rich spoil, each can get but a part. Hence we learn tis our duty, repinings to smother. Wh
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