. The doctrine of morality : or, A view of human life, according to the stoick philosophy : exemplify'd in one hundred and three copper-plates, done by the celebrated Monsieur Daret, engraver to the Late French King, with an explanation of each plate . le,attend avec une profonde paix, tout ce que Dieu a re-folu de fa deflinée. I . ^,&^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^-^^^^&^*&,ûf-,&*êf-*êr i Virgil. 6iEneid. fuflum & tenacem propofiti virum,Non civium ardor prava jubentium,Non vultus inflantis tyranni3Mente quatit folidà, neque Aufter,Dux inquieti turbidus Hadria,Nec fulminantis magna Jovis manus :S
. The doctrine of morality : or, A view of human life, according to the stoick philosophy : exemplify'd in one hundred and three copper-plates, done by the celebrated Monsieur Daret, engraver to the Late French King, with an explanation of each plate . le,attend avec une profonde paix, tout ce que Dieu a re-folu de fa deflinée. I . ^,&^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^-^^^^&^*&,ûf-,&*êf-*êr i Virgil. 6iEneid. fuflum & tenacem propofiti virum,Non civium ardor prava jubentium,Non vultus inflantis tyranni3Mente quatit folidà, neque Aufter,Dux inquieti turbidus Hadria,Nec fulminantis magna Jovis manus :Si fraBus illalatur orbis,hnpavidum ferlent ruina. Ac fi dura filex aut flet Marpefia cautes. The Juft ftill firm in what he undertakes,His Aim purfues, and at no Danger (hakes ;The raging Multitude with Threats in vainHis Steps purfue, and Tyrants cant reftrainHim by their Menaces, nor turn him back ;The boifterousWinds may blow,and Tempefts makeThe Adriatick Seas to foam ; nay, JoveWith dreadful Thunder Earth and Sea remove,Should the Skies fall, unmovd hed fiand,Nor (hake, tho5 Death and Ruin were at hand. The wife Man like to a Marfefian Rock, Or ftubborn Flint, does ftand the rougheft Shock. A Vkw of Human Life. 14?. Le Sage grand comme les Dieux, Eft maiftre de fes deftinées :Et de la Fortune, & des deux, Tient les puiffances enchaîné règne abfolummt fur la Terre & fur lOnde ; Il commande aux Tyrans, il commande au trefpas ;Et sil moyoit périr le Monde, Le Monde periffant, ne leftonneroit pas. The wife Man like the happy Deity,Is Matter of himfelf and Deftiny ;Fortune and Nature he with Eafe commands^And feems to hold them as his Slaves in Bonds ;Reigns oer the Earth and Seas without controuljTreats Tyrants as his Slaves, nor ftarts his the Approach of Death ; nor would he fearTo fee the World in Flames, and Judgment near. 144 the Doéîrine of MORALITY; oir, The Explanation of the Tenth Pi&ure. LHomme de bien eft par tout en feurete» %fte Good Man i
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