. 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 . erver la Liberté quon luy veut ravir, il retrancheà fes Geôliers, toutes les chofes en la compagnie defquellesil avoit trouvé la Vie fi charmante & fi cofié senfuient la Jeuneffe & la Beauté, qui nefçauroient être fepartes- De lautre, fe dérobent leRepos & le Sommeil ; & les Amours fe voyons pour-fuivis de ce vieux Tyrant, prennent
. 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 . erver la Liberté quon luy veut ravir, il retrancheà fes Geôliers, toutes les chofes en la compagnie defquellesil avoit trouvé la Vie fi charmante & fi cofié senfuient la Jeuneffe & la Beauté, qui nefçauroient être fepartes- De lautre, fe dérobent leRepos & le Sommeil ; & les Amours fe voyons pour-fuivis de ce vieux Tyrant, prennent leur vol droit, versla Jeuneffe & la Beauté, qui font leurs véritables a-mantes. Que croyez,-vour que deviennent les Hommes,-quand ils fe confiderent depoiiillez, de leurs plus bellesparties ; & reveflus de qualitez, fi contraires à leur na-ture, que ce font autant dEnnemis domeftiques, & debourreaux qui les tourmentent ? Certes, ils fe repen-tent jour Ô nuit! davoir différé la Fin de leur Vie ;Ù pour lavoir trop follement aymée, de seflre expofê àdes fupplices, qui leur font continuellement fouhaittercette longue indolance3 dont la Mort eft accompagnée. Nothing pajfes away more pwiftly thahLife*. EHOLD here the Punifhmentto which thofe indifferent Hoflsare condevnnd, who would retainTime by force, who will be Impatient, who endures notReftraint, feeing the Efforts thatare made to flay him, turns to afierce Enemy ; and inflead of being as hereto-fore, agreeable and complaifant, grows angry andcruel, and gives the Perfon that ufes him thus, af-flicting and dreadful Proof of his Prefence. Hein a moment fhowS^imfelf a Tyrant, in everyPlace where he is confined, .to procure the Libertythey would deprive him of. He ftrait drives fromhis Goaler all thofe, whofe Company made Lifefweet and valuable. On the other hand, he chafesthence Youth and Beauty, who are he deprives him of Sleep and affrighted Cupids, who fannd his youth
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