. 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 . at guiltygreatnefs triumphs in deftruflion. \irtuealone cannot always be fafe from
. 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 . at guiltygreatnefs triumphs in deftruflion. \irtuealone cannot always be fafe from the dangerof flander or oppreHlon.—-Caution is there-fore a good companion, and a necefTaryguard to keep us from the force or fraud Oiarbitrar)^ or defigning men. It is a great mifcake of thofe who fuppofePrudence to be incompetible w ith Goodnefs—A low and vicious cunning may indeed juftlybe deemed fo ; but fome of the moft virtuouscharaflers that have graced humanity, have abb ( 168 )alfo been the mof! remarkable for wifdom, which has been confpicuous in all their con-dud even to the end of their days, and tj-aHf-mitted in their writings to pofterity. Follow their example; follow the preceptsof ONE greater than them. Adopt the Ser-pents wifdom, though you avoid being taint-ed with his guile, left like the timerous hareyou become an eafy prey to the wicked, be-caufe they apprehend they have nothing tofear from you, and that you are not enduednith prudence enough to efcape them. H M J] L E M ( i69 ). EMBLEM XLILOf the Vanity of Self-Love.^r^ HE fond NarcifTus in the chn^ftal flood,jL His own fair form fecretpleafureviewd,Of his own face enamoured oft retires,When the warm fun darts forth meridian fire?.To the clear fountain, there enrapturd lies,-*In vain to catch the fleeting fhadow tries, yAnd fmit withhopelefs love defp^ring dies. JThe Theban nymphs a ruilic tomb their fair garment?, tear their golden hair:But to a flowr transformd the corpfe
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