. Moral emblems : with aphorisms, adages, and proverbs, of all ages and nations, from Jacob Cats and Robert Farlie : with illustrations freely rendered, from designs found in their works . REJOICE IN THE LORD ALWAY; AND AGAIN I SAY REJOICE! 1_A PEUR EST GRAND INVENTEUR. Inverte, et L BOTH SIDES SHOULD BE SEEN. MASK, leen firft in front, by childrens eyes,Strikes them with terror and with wild furprifeBut wouldft reftore to calm the urchin mind,Avert the face, and let them fee men no lefs, how oft doth it appear,The worft interpreter of things is Fear !How oft the crowds o
. Moral emblems : with aphorisms, adages, and proverbs, of all ages and nations, from Jacob Cats and Robert Farlie : with illustrations freely rendered, from designs found in their works . REJOICE IN THE LORD ALWAY; AND AGAIN I SAY REJOICE! 1_A PEUR EST GRAND INVENTEUR. Inverte, et L BOTH SIDES SHOULD BE SEEN. MASK, leen firft in front, by childrens eyes,Strikes them with terror and with wild furprifeBut wouldft reftore to calm the urchin mind,Avert the face, and let them fee men no lefs, how oft doth it appear,The worft interpreter of things is Fear !How oft the crowds of men and women grown,Quailing like children at fome form unknown— FEAR IS A GREAT INVENTOR. FOOLISH FEAR DOUBLES DANGER. Or when fome found unufual ftrlkes their ear, Fly, to meet ills far worfe than thofe they fear! 1 And yet how frequent, would they but reftrain 1 The fudden terror of their feverd brain. And calmer wait texamine and to fee The how, or end of what the thing may be; Puerile as that which filld the child with dread, They d find the fancied peril which they fled ; And fcannd with coolnefs, learn more probably. That what in front is terrible to fee. h KUJ0 z < Q IL 0 Seen from behind provokes hilarity ! Z I Timiditas est corriiptio judicii. hK01 h D Seneca. % 0 -p
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