. 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 . or vitious, drownd in Sleep, ftupid and un-aftive. Thefe wife Virgins teftify to us by theirPoftures, how w7e mult take Repofe ; for thoughthey feem .to (lumber, they are not regardlefs of the Voice and ravifhing Songs of their Tutor. They are only meditating on thofe noble things,which they will perform and teach, fo foon as theyreturn to Actio
. 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 . or vitious, drownd in Sleep, ftupid and un-aftive. Thefe wife Virgins teftify to us by theirPoftures, how w7e mult take Repofe ; for thoughthey feem .to (lumber, they are not regardlefs of the Voice and ravifhing Songs of their Tutor. They are only meditating on thofe noble things,which they will perform and teach, fo foon as theyreturn to Action and Bufinefs. io. Sperat infeftis, metuit fecundis,Alteram fortem bene praparatumPectus, informes hiemes reducit Jupiter : idem Summovet ; non, ft male nunc, & dimSic erit, quondam cythara tacentemSufcitat Mufam, femper arcumTendit Apollo. A Mind for all Events prepard,Good or Ill-Fortune dont regard :Jove, who the Winter fends, againThe Spring reflores, to blefs the Swain,And with frefh. Flowers crowns the Plain. If we unhappy be to-day, next MornGood-Fortune may with Smiles return ;Apollo fometimes takes his Lyre,The Mufe awakes, doth Mirth infpire,Nor keeps his Bow ftill bent in Ire. \ A Viet» of Human Life. iÇp. Un travail continue, nous eft un long fuplice,Le Bal qui dure trop lajfe le plus difpos :Il faut ménager à propos, Le temps quon donne a Vexercife,Et telui quon donne au repos. What lafls too long, does painful to us prove ;Diverfions tire even thofe who Pleâfure love tWe muft of every fleeting Minute tryGood ufe to make : fome to Repofe apply,And fome to Exercife ; but (till take care,That we for Death, our certain Fate, prepare. i6o The DoBrine of M O RA LIT Y ; or, The Explanation of the Eighteenth Pi&ure. Le Sage neft pas toujours Sérieux. Tfhe Wife Man is not always Grave. V ppU OU S vous fouvenez, bien quun grandHomme de lAntiquité, faifant uneagréable confujion des Virtus & desVices de Coton, en difoit ce paradoxe ;que ce grand
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