. 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 . s & tous les mal-heursquil rencontre dans la rapidité de facourfe. Les petits Demons qui lac-compagnent, font bien aifes du changementpropoje ; & à voir leur contenance on quelque connoiffance de ladvenir,font affeurez, que plus le Monde vieïïira, & .plus leursforces Mais bien quils ayent commencéde régner des le c
. 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 . s & tous les mal-heursquil rencontre dans la rapidité de facourfe. Les petits Demons qui lac-compagnent, font bien aifes du changementpropoje ; & à voir leur contenance on quelque connoiffance de ladvenir,font affeurez, que plus le Monde vieïïira, & .plus leursforces Mais bien quils ayent commencéde régner des le commencement des fiecles, il efi toute-fois au pouvoir du Vertueux, de leur arracher un Em-pire où ils fe font fi bien établis. Il faut que ce De-my-Dieii pour remporter une fi grande Victoire, faffereflution de combatre ihceffamment. Car encore queces Tyranneaux foient fouvent chajfez, de leur Trône ;ils y remontent prefqu auffi tofi en defpit de leurs Vain-queurs ; & trouvent autant de complices de leur Ufur-patien, & autant de Deffenfeurs, que la Vertu leurpeut fufcjter dennemis. Soyons du nombre des les Armes fous la conduite dun fi digne Gene-ral. Fcùfons voir au Têms & aux Vices, que nous. EHOLD Time here admirably re-prefented, flying from one Age toanother. He bears with him allthe Vices and Misfortunes hemeets with in his way, and Scat-ters them amongft Men as he paf-fes. The little Damions, his Com-panions, feem joyful, and are pleafed to fee theDiforders they occafion in the World. He retainsthem in his Service, promifing to fhow themgreater Revolutions yet. And they are too cer-tain, that though the World grows old and decays,yet they fhall gather Strength, and grow morepotent every Agé, whilft that is growing nearerto its end. True it is, that they have reignedtoo much ever fince the World was inhabited ;but it is as certain, that the Vertuous have been,and are at all times able to take from them thatDominion and Power, in which they bel
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