Proverbs in verse, or, Moral instruction conveyed in pictures for use of schools, on the plan of Hogarth moralized . The man who deceitfully comes with two faces. Is a dangerous friend, at tlie best ;With one he beguiles, with the other disgraces, And too frequently troubles our rest. How oft hkvc we met with ?>\\^\\ friends, as—alack! CTis abuse of the word so to name them,)Speak fair to your face ; the reverse, turn your baek ! Tis too tender to say tliat we hlame them. Such merit our hatred, as far as it goes, They (as Sycophants always are found,)Chime in, right or wrong, with our frien
Proverbs in verse, or, Moral instruction conveyed in pictures for use of schools, on the plan of Hogarth moralized . The man who deceitfully comes with two faces. Is a dangerous friend, at tlie best ;With one he beguiles, with the other disgraces, And too frequently troubles our rest. How oft hkvc we met with ?>\\^\\ friends, as—alack! CTis abuse of the word so to name them,)Speak fair to your face ; the reverse, turn your baek ! Tis too tender to say tliat we hlame them. Such merit our hatred, as far as it goes, They (as Sycophants always are found,)Chime in, right or wrong, with our friends or our foes, Will run with th hare and hold with the hound. 47 When interest swayn, double-handed they ar*, with one, sijueezc you, warm as a brother: Aod, like him in our \iew, if not well aware;Pick your pocket, most sly, w ith the other* Adulation, past doubt, falls under this head*Whilst it gratifies those who receive it: It lecretly tends, as in truth must be said,To their hurt, tho few will believe ^^^^^^^^^Va^.tWUMMUUllllM I 4« Faint heart never won fair Ladi/. V
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