. 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 . anothers Will : I fay it is but juft, thatfuch a one ïhould live wretched and defpifed, anddie unpitied. But now look on the rich Infolentthat thus infults him, who is in Reality himfelfno happier than this Wretch ; a revenging Fury,whom the Juftice of Heaven has infeparably joindto this Criminal, to make him fenfible how de-teftable that Bafene
. 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 . anothers Will : I fay it is but juft, thatfuch a one ïhould live wretched and defpifed, anddie unpitied. But now look on the rich Infolentthat thus infults him, who is in Reality himfelfno happier than this Wretch ; a revenging Fury,whom the Juftice of Heaven has infeparably joindto this Criminal, to make him fenfible how de-teftable that Bafenefs of Soul is, which has thusrenderd him a Slave to Vice and Gain. uraut^f ^|f , , , ,, 7ffiM/Rs Hor. lib. i. Sic qui pauperiem veritus, potiore metallisEpill. io. JJbertate caret, dominum vehet improbus, atqtieServiet Aternum, quiaparvo nefciat uti. Mcnand. Paupertatem ferre no» omnis, fed viri fapientis. So he that fearing to be poor, does giveHimfelf away, chufîng a Slave to live,Parting with all thats dear, his Liberty,A Vaflal to anothers Will fhall ftill a Mafter fear, and be ill ufed jBecaufe to live with little he refufed. The feeble Mind Adverfity does fear :The Wife alone Misfortunes nobly bear. Riche A View o/Human Riche infâme, il eft vray : Les eftoiles ingratesTont fait tyran du pauvre, & Vont mis fous ta sil eft magnanime, il e/t plus grand que toy : Et tel que fut Cœfar an milieu des pirates,Bien quil foit ton efclave, il te commande en Roy. Rich Knave, tis true, thy lucky Stars decreeThe Poor thy Slaves, whilft thou cursd Wretch | [ art free :But he that has a nobler Soul than thee,Like Gzfar in the Pyrates Chains ftill brave,Shall even make thee fear, altho thy Slave* 4 Th« 02 The Doctrine of Morality or The Explanation of the Forty-Sixth Piclure. Tout cede au Demon des richefîès. All yield to the Damon of PJches. : E Tableau devant lequel vous vous airestez, ejlé mis en fuite du précédant, pourcombattre mes raifons, & mes e
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