Proverbs in verse, or, Moral instruction conveyed in pictures for use of schools, on the plan of Hogarth moralized . uple togctlicr,*Snsan sank like a stone, Ricliard swam like a feather,ihunk my stars, cries the man, safe arrivd from the Hood,ris an ill wind indeed that blows nobody good !In this ballad of old, consolation is fonnd,^^ hclher drownd in the sea, or laid safe under ground,Dick gets rid of his mate, his burden of life,Does not mourn, bat rejoice, at the death of his in a shipwreck, where each soul on board perishVI,By th unfeeling on land, hopes of plunder are chcrisi
Proverbs in verse, or, Moral instruction conveyed in pictures for use of schools, on the plan of Hogarth moralized . uple togctlicr,*Snsan sank like a stone, Ricliard swam like a feather,ihunk my stars, cries the man, safe arrivd from the Hood,ris an ill wind indeed that blows nobody good !In this ballad of old, consolation is fonnd,^^ hclher drownd in the sea, or laid safe under ground,Dick gets rid of his mate, his burden of life,Does not mourn, bat rejoice, at the death of his in a shipwreck, where each soul on board perishVI,By th unfeeling on land, hopes of plunder are chcrisiid: 36 On the coast they collected, expecting the stores Of the yessel so wreckd, to be cast on the shorei*. Their wish soon requited—abundance of things To them each successive wave presently brings : All seize what is near them, yet it goes to their heart, That of all this rich spoil, each can get but a part. Hence we learn tis our duty, repinings to smother. What is mishap to one is good hick to another; Our bitters and sweets are so blended together, That best we should make, foul or fair, of the /<, 36 Murder ivill out. A TALE FOUNDED ON FACT,
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