. 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 . moniler of vice to be -Lxsicked, But this is counting his advantage beforethe field
. 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 . moniler of vice to be -Lxsicked, But this is counting his advantage beforethe field is v/on. Let him be fubjed to therough florms of adverfity. Let him bear theheat and burden of the dav. TOil ( 96 ) Will he not then turn afide to the paths ofpleafure, and feek for relief in the bowers of(diffipation ? It is thus that many are loft who have be-gun a good work, but have not had courageand iefolution to go through with it. Theyhave turned afide from virtue -, all their goodworks are forgotten, they have loft their re-ward, and their memory is a bye-word topoilerity. But you v/ho would attain to the end ofyour labours, follow not after their you virtuous, and to your ^virtue join pru-dence^ be prudent alfo, and to your piudenceySixv pgrje-jerance \ fo ihall you not,fall intothe fnares of pleafure; nor feel the envenom-ed ftings of guilt and of remorfe, whofe billis fliarper than that of the ferpent, and whofepoifon is more deadly than that of the veno-mous adder. EMBLEM ( 97 ). E M B L E i\I the Danger of Temptatiox. TH E filly Fifh, while playing in thebrock,Hath gcrgd and fwallowd the de(lru6live hook;In vain he flounces on the quivring hair,Drawn panting forth to breathe the upper bv his folly—in the glittring meets his ruin, and fubmits to fate. Avoid bafe bribes; the tempting lure dif-playd,If once you feize you perifh flow to take, when llrangers hafte to of your ruin you the price receive. T
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