. 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 . autaque per omneAudaces mare qui currunt : hâc mente laboremSefe ferre, fenes ut in otia tuta recédant ;Aiunt, cum fibi fint congefta cibaria ficutParvula, nam exemplo eft, magni Formica laboris,Ore trahit quodcumquepeteft, atque addit acervo,Quern ftruit, haud ignora, ac non incauta futuri. The Husbandman, that in Earths Bofom pries ; The Subtl
. 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 . autaque per omneAudaces mare qui currunt : hâc mente laboremSefe ferre, fenes ut in otia tuta recédant ;Aiunt, cum fibi fint congefta cibaria ficutParvula, nam exemplo eft, magni Formica laboris,Ore trahit quodcumquepeteft, atque addit acervo,Quern ftruit, haud ignora, ac non incauta futuri. The Husbandman, that in Earths Bofom pries ; The Subtle Vintner, and the Man unwife, Who dares to ufe the Seas, and merchandize ; The Soldier, all alike, pretend that they Would not thus fweat and toil, and work each day But with Defign, at laft in Age to reft, And live at Eafe, with Peace and Plenty bleft : Having in Youth a Fortune got, to be Securd from Want, and all Adverfity, Like the wife Ants, fay they, who to us give An excellent Example, we will live ; For they, poor little Infeâs, labour more Than any Creature, and lay up a Store Of all thats proper ; each does fomething bear To the dear Heap, and places it with Care Clofe in his Cell, forefeeing Winter near. A View of Human Life. 131. le Nocher pauvre & vieux veut fendre les guereis 5Le Laboureur les quitte, &fe donne à Neptune;La guerre eft à la fin au Soldat importune ;Le Sot ayme le change. Il court toujours après ;Et changeant de métiert croit changer de fortune. The Sailor now grown poor and old, would fainDig in the pleafant Fields, and till the Plain ;The Labourer leaves thé Land, and ploughs the^ Main ;The Soldier, weary of the Wars, returns ;The Fool with a Defire of Change ftill burns ;And hopes by changing his Employ to gainContent, and better Fortune to obtain. t$% The Dôtlrine of MORALITY; or, The Explanation of the Fourth Pi&ure*Qui vit bien, Voyage heureufement. He that lives well, makes afortunateVoyagèm
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