Choice emblems, natural, historical, fabulous, moral, and divine : for the improvement and pastime of youth : displaying the beauties and morals of the ancient fabulists, the whole calculated to convey the golden lessons of instruction under a new and more delightful dress : written for the amusement of a young nobleman (1793)
Wynne, John Huddlestone, 1743-1788 · London : Printed by J. Chapman for E. Newbery, corner of St. Paul's Church-yard · leaf 77
good quilities, which may ren-der us juflly admired in age, and enable usto fet a good example to pofterity. Like that induflrious Infect, llkewife, wefhould learn to make every occurrence oflife ferviceable to us ; for nothing is fo fmallor minute but it may be made of ufe ; no-thing fo bad in… … EMBLEM XVII. Of Deceit, WOuldll: thoujunthmking, to the beafl draw near,Caugbt by his plainti veCry, andfiaudfulTear ?Ah! fiy in time the dreadful ftroke of Fate,Nor ftay to feel it, and be wife too late. MORAL. Deceitful men, and all tbelr mazes fhun,J^or by diflcmblcd forrows be undone:If much…
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