. 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 . ce Sage decrepit ; & qui luy remontre avecadrejfe, que déformais il ne doit plus penfer aux plai-firs du Gouft, du TaSi, & de laVeuè. Elle luy faitaufft chaffer de fa compagnie, ces Demons importuns &voluptueux qui régnent fur nosPajfîons, & loblige défaireun éternel divorce avec la Chair & le Sang. Nôtre Sagequi connoifl fon artifice, eft ravy
. 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 . ce Sage decrepit ; & qui luy remontre avecadrejfe, que déformais il ne doit plus penfer aux plai-firs du Gouft, du TaSi, & de laVeuè. Elle luy faitaufft chaffer de fa compagnie, ces Demons importuns &voluptueux qui régnent fur nosPajfîons, & loblige défaireun éternel divorce avec la Chair & le Sang. Nôtre Sagequi connoifl fon artifice, eft ravy de sy laiffer prendre j& de renoncer pour janîais à des plaifirs qui font in-dignes de fon âge. Il tourne aufft volontairement laTe fie de lautre coflè ; & arette fa veue débile fur desleautez,, bien plus capables de lé contenter que cellesquil a perdues. Au lieu de lAmour des chofes cor-ruptibles, il sattache à la pourfuilte des éternelles ; &au lieu de prefter loreille aux Solicitations de la Volup-té, il nécoute plus que la Prudence, que la Moderation& que les autres Vertus, qui peuvent dune chair ca-duque & dune matière toute ufee, en faire une toute nou-velle & toute EE here Old Age, which Time hasfubtilly introduced into the Com-pany of Mankind ! One feems de-fpairing at the fight of her, ano-ther grows fiupid and the wife Man,who well knows,that byherhemuft attain Under-ftanding and Honour, receives her With a chearfulCountenance, leaves to her the Management ofhis Family, fuffering her to put from him all thatdifpleafes her, and to place about him all thofe (heapproves of. She, in return, comforts and careflesour feeble Sage, and eloquently demonftrates tohim, that henceforward he ought not to think ofgratifying his Senfes, or*to pleafe the Touch, theTafte, and Smell, or feaft his Eyes on drives from him the wanton Damons, thatraife and excite our Paffions, and makes him agreeto an eternal Divorce with the Pleafur
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