Emblems of mortality : representing, in upwards of fifty cuts, Death seizing all ranks and degrees of people : imitated from a painting in the cemetery of the Dominican church at Basil, in Switzerland : with an apostrophe to each, translated from the Latin and French : intended as well for the infomation of the curious, as the instruction and entertainment of youth : to which is prefixed a copious preface, containing an historical account of the above, and other paintings on this subject, now or lately existing in divers parts of Europe (1789)

Bewick, John, 1760-1795, Holbein, Hans, 1497-1543, Hawkins, John Sidney, 1758-1842, Hodgson, Thomas, fl. 1785-1817 · London : Printed for T. Hodgson ... · leaf 54

An illustration from Emblems of mortality : representing, in upwards of fifty cuts, Death seizing all ranks and degrees of people : imitated from a painting in the cemetery of the Dominican church at Basil, in Switzerland : with an apostrophe to each, translated from the Latin and French : intended as well for the infomation of the curious, as the instruction and entertainment of youth : to which is prefixed a copious preface, containing an historical account of the above, and other paintings on this subject, now or lately existing in divers parts of Europe, 1789, leaf 54 — This Inftant, Wretch, thou fhalt depart,Coniignd to mouldring Dull:; Becaufe thou knevvii not, only feigndit,The Wifdom ot the Juit. The Abundance of thy Folly great, Did blindly thee deceive,And made thee feek the {infill Path, Which thou couldft never leave. The ABBESS. Wherefore I praifed the… … Better it is to die than live, I conftantly have taught;Since human Life with anxious Care, And various Ills is fraught. Ungrateful Death me now compelsThe like fad Path to tread, With thofe whom in the Client GraveThe Fates fevere have laid.C 2 C 16 ] The G E N T L E M A N. What Man is he…

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