. Choice emblems : natural, historical, fabulous, moral and divine, for the improvement and pastime of youth : ornamented with near fifty handsome allegorical engravings, designed on purpose for this work : with pleasing and familiar descriptions to each, in prose and verse, serving to display the beauties and morals of the ancient fabulists : the whole calculated to convey the golden lessons of instruction under a new and more delightful dress : written for the amusement of the right honorable Lord Newbattle . on, inthe fame manner to their ruin, fporting withTice and folly, and, as it were,
. Choice emblems : natural, historical, fabulous, moral and divine, for the improvement and pastime of youth : ornamented with near fifty handsome allegorical engravings, designed on purpose for this work : with pleasing and familiar descriptions to each, in prose and verse, serving to display the beauties and morals of the ancient fabulists : the whole calculated to convey the golden lessons of instruction under a new and more delightful dress : written for the amusement of the right honorable Lord Newbattle . on, inthe fame manner to their ruin, fporting withTice and folly, and, as it were, making dangertheir playfellow ;—all thefe cannot, or theywill not fee. That the end of thefe things isMath : they will go on from one flep to ano-ther, till at lail it is too late to recede ; thenthey muft fmk at once in the gulph of mife-ry, and only leave freih examples behind*hem of what was already well enough known,bat always too little regarded. Shtm therefore all temptations if you arewife, and be not deceived by appearancesVice, folly, and danger, lurk often under themofl inviting forms; but try the tree; notby Its appearance but by its fruit you fhallknow it. Sweetell ^?-( 72 ) * Sweetell leaves the rofe adorn,^ Yet beneath them lurks the thorn ;* Fair and flowry is the brake ;** Yet it hides the fpeckled fnake/* Confider and beware ; for he who would,avoid forrow, muft be wary in his Heps, who would fnun misfortune muft be care-fui to take wifdom for his companion- •EMBLEM ( 73 ) -. E U B L E M T e m p e r, a n c e. W^H IL E drownd in luxury von feitaltrain, ^Court this frail worlds felicity in-vain :Behold the Cynic from his tub deridesTheir idle mirih, and laughing ihakes his fides !He who the worlds great mafter* could iit, at eafe and laugh at vice and themFew were his wants, and therefore few hi us woes Ke who has nought to lofe no terrors knows ;Not riches but contentmejit muil: procureOur peace below, and make our blifs fecure. L
Size: 1770px × 1412px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookidchoiceemblemsnat00wynn, booksubjectemblems, bookyear1772
