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Title: 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
Year: 1721 (1720s)
Authors: Gomberville, M. Le Roy (Marin Le Roy), sieur de, 1600-1674 Gibbs, Thomas Manington Daret, Pierre
Subjects: Ethics
Publisher: London, Printed for E. Bell, J. Darby, A. Bettesworth, F. Fayram, J. Pemberton, J. Hooke, C. Rivington, F. Clay, J. Batley, and E. Symon
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great Employ, by which lie becomes a Sharer of the Glory and Wifdom of that DivineBeing, by whom he is thus cherifhd and honourd. t-~dS=>. »--aï=î«^iL^îI -M^i fstS^t~iu=ii-vaHJ >-^it^i^îfW! «=2^t^^^cfWV«^k^S«=3^? i*i&îi-iiëvt-^i t^eb^«s^=Sr=siS=; t^i&it^àft* Hor.Od. UK , Xon pofidentetn multa, vccaverisReiïè beatum, recliùs occupâtNomen bead, qui DeorumMuneribus fapienter utiDuramque calletpauperiem pati,Pejufqve letho fiagitium timet.Non ille pro caris amicisAut patria, timUusperire. 5Tis wrong that Men ftiould call him bleft,Who Lands and Store of Gold has got ; Hes only fo, who is poflèfsdOf Senfe to ufe what is his Lot. Whofe noble Soul his Fortune does excel, And Talent is to manage all Things well. He that can Poverty endure, And Death it felf prefer to Shame : This Man his Country to lècure, Or Friend, lels Fond of Life than Fame, Will bravely in their juft Defence engage, Fight till he dies, and nobly quit the Stage* Le A View of Human Life. 65
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Le mefprh des grandeurs, de la pompe, & du bruit 5 Contempt of Greatnefi, Noifè, and Show, Et le repos obfeur dune innocente vie ;Ont ce couple facréjufquau Throne conduit.La gloire^ eft comme lombre. Elle fuit qui la fuit ; Et fuit ceux dont elle ejifuivie. The harmlefs, quiet Life they lead,This fàcred Couple crowns below, And makes them great before theyre dead.Glorys a Shadow, if purfued it flies,And follows him, that Honour does defpife. S The 66 The Doftrine of Morality; The Explanation of the Thirty-Third Picture. La vie des Champs eft la vie des Héros. A Country Life is preferable to all others. WHzMi ^ ^ venons de cognoijlre combien fontr^ rares, & combien font defrabies , cesîSa biens fpirituels que nous recevons de lafru-7 $;3^jj» galité. Contemplons tout à nojlre ayfe,ceux qui tombent fous les fens, & qui peu-vent eftre, ou vus, ou touchez. Ce font les félicitez dela vie des champs, & les travaux délicieux qui compo-fent ladeftinée bien-heureufe

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