. 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 . mfemel occideris, & de te fplendida Minos Fecerit arbitria JNon, Torquate, genus, non te facundia, non te Reftituet manus avidas fugient haredis, amico Qua dederis neque enim tenebris Diana pudicum Libérât Hyppolitum. Soles occidere & redire pojfunt :Nobis cum femel occidit brevis lux,Nox eft perpétua una dormienda.
. 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 . mfemel occideris, & de te fplendida Minos Fecerit arbitria JNon, Torquate, genus, non te facundia, non te Reftituet manus avidas fugient haredis, amico Qua dederis neque enim tenebris Diana pudicum Libérât Hyppolitum. Soles occidere & redire pojfunt :Nobis cum femel occidit brevis lux,Nox eft perpétua una dormienda. Define fata Deum fieSli fperare cuique dies ; breve & trreparabile tempusOmnibus eft vita. When once relentlefs Fate does endYour Life, Torquatus, my dear Friend,And Minos has your Sentence read,Not all your Eloquence, or Piety,Nor noble Birth fhall fet you freeFrom Death, and raifë you from the Dead»Have we not feen even Diana ftriveHer chafte Hyppolitus for to revive ?But all in vain. Suns that fet may rife again ;But when once we lofe this Light,Twill be with us eternal Night. In vain the cruel Gods you pray,Your Ends decreed, Time flies away,Lifes fhort, and we on Earth cant ftay. A View of Human Life. «07. Ce fameux Orateur dont le puijfant difcouri Ufurpa fans effort lEmpire de la Grèce ; Manqua dEloquence & dAdreJfe,Quand la Mort vint trancher le Filet de fes Rois pleins de cœur & de gloire, Ont perdu la Clarté des deux ; Et le dévot Louis qui fut fi cher aux Dieux,Ne vit plus quen notre mémoire. This famous Ôrator, whofe àrtful TongueThe Grecian Empire gaind, could not prolongHis Life one Day ; hes dead, and now no moreCan ufe his Eloquence, or Life hundred Kings, worthy eternal Fame,Are dead, the pious Le-mis is the fame ;He, who was Heavens Darling, even heNo longer lives, but in our Memory. :o8 The Dottrine of MORALltY ; or}- The Explanation of the Forty-Second Plate. LHomme neft rien quune peu de Boue. Man is nothin
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