. 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 . And this foftruck him that it at once convinced him cfthe blefiing of libert)%^ whi
. 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 . And this foftruck him that it at once convinced him cfthe blefiing of libert)%^ which he was nowdifpofed to give to the poor bird alfo, which iVill ( «3i J fall continued its note, and as the gentleman was complaining that he could net open theC2;^-c, the Starling fiill cried No, I cantget cir:, and IHil more the travellerin his love of native freedom. LIBERTY is indeed one of the moHvaluable bleilings in the v/orld, and life itfelfis of little vvcrth without it. For this, wifemen have argued, heroes have died, and leftthe glorious prize to pofterity. Yet after all, it is in vain for any one to fuppofe himfeli free v;ho is not alfo virtuous, when once we give way to cur pafHons like the bird in the emblem, we are caught in the fatal fnare which mull entangle us, and de-prive us of our real liberty. The ( 132 ) The {laves of vice and paiTion can neverbe deemed free, and a flave he ever will bewho faffers his own bad inclinations to getthe better of him. E Pvl E L E M ( 133 ). E B L E M Passion. EH OLD the furious beair, more*) X^ fierce he grows! I When the clear Icreain his proper image )> {hews! I Nor for his own the hideous figure knows. J So could we fee how paiiions dreadfulfrcrm,And maddiug fury all our fouls deform,Erafe Gods image planted in our change the man into a fava~e beail:We fhould abhor ourfelves, the (hape hate the f.^nd that put cur likenefs on. THE ( 34 ) THE Lion, the Bull, and other fiercec
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