Select tales and fables with prudential maxims in prose and verse [vol II] [T127913] [ecco]

DMI number:

1038

Publication Date:

1780

Volume Number:

2 of 2

ESTC number:

T127913

EEBO/ECCO link:

CW124578750

Shelfmark:

ECCO - BL

Full Title:

[i]SELECT[/i] | [g]Tales[/g] and [g]Fables[/g] | WITH | [i]PRUDENTIAL MAXIMS.[/i] | In | [g]Prose[/g] and [g]Verse.[/g] | [rule] | VOL. II. | [rule] | [i]LONDON:[/i] | Printed for the Proprietors. | [rule]

Place of Publication:

London

Genres:

Collection of educational texts, Collection aimed at children/young people, and Collection of fables

Format:

Duodecimo

Bibliographic details:

Frontispiece. Engraved title page. Engravings accompany each fable.

Comments:

Contents: prose p. 2, 6, 10, 14, 20, 24, 30, 31-80.

Other matter:

Prefatory matter: The Afterthought pp. [i]-iv.

Related Miscellanies

Title:

Select tales and fables with prudential maxims in prose and verse [vol II] [N67747] [ecco]

Publication Date:

1746

ESTC No:

N67747

Volume:

2 of 2

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Another Edition of

Comments:

Title:

Select tales and fables with prudential maxims in prose and verse [vol II] [T128069] [ecco]

Publication Date:

1756

ESTC No:

T128069

Volume:

2 of 2

Relationship:

Another Edition of

Comments:

Title:

Select tales and fables with prudential maxims and other little lessons of morality in prose and verse [T127913] [ecco]

Publication Date:

1780

ESTC No:

T127913

Volume:

1 of 2

Relationship:

Volume from the same edition

Comments:

Title:

Select tales and fables with lessons of morality in verse and prose [ESTC T175731]

Publication Date:

1775

ESTC No:

T175731

Volume:

1 of 1

Relationship:

Unknown

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So the young reader in this our glass may find

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p.iv

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A lady who a negro bought

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Fable II. Labour in Vain: Or, The Negro.

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Once on a time great Jove inclined

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Fable I. Jupiter and the Tortoise.

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A gardener of fantastic taste

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Fable III. The Gardener and the Hog.

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The man to Jove did thus apply

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Fable IV. The Farmer and Jupiter.

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Ingratitude great sovereign of the earth

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The Application to Fab. III. Ingratitude is worse than the Sin of Witchcraft.

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Receive my counsel and securely move

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The Application to Fab. IV. Providence is the best Director.

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A cat and monkey tired with play

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Fable VI. The Cat and the Monkey.

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Two wanton schoolboys at their play

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Fable V. The Boys and the Frogs.

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A feeble fox with age decayed

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Fable VIII. The Fox at the Point of Death.

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As Jove his lower world surveyed

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Fable VII. The Eagle and the Assembly of Animals.

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The raging monarch of the libyan plains

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The Application to Fab. VIII. Nature will prevail.

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This soil in early youth improved with care

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The Application to Fab. VII. Shine in your own Sphere.

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A wolf regaling on his prey

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Fable X. The Wolf and the Crane.

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An eagle and a fox agree

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Fable IX. The Fox and the Eagle.

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A farmer's wife with pensive care

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Fable XI. The Farmer's Wife and Raven.

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A monkey with ambition fired

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Fable XII. The Monkey who had seen the World.

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All superstition from thy breast repel

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The Application to Fab. XI. Nothing is more ridiculous than Superstition.

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How wretched is the wit and how forlorn

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The Application to Fab. XI. Merit in Rags meets with but few Admirers.

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A collier held a farm too large

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Fable XIII. The Collier and the Fuller.

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A fowler in pursuit of game

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Fable XIV. The Fowler and the Ringdove.

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As Cupid the gay god of love

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Fable XI. Cupid, Hymen, and Plutus.

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Death calls a council long black trains

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Fable XVI. The Court of Death.

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In ancient times as poets sing

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The Application to Fab. XV. An Idea of Wedlock, Ancient and Modern.

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Though gay luxurious men their time will waste

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The Application to Fab. XVI. Intemperance kills more than Sword.

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A fowler's dog with curious eye

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FAble XVIII. The Setting Dog and the Partridge.

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A pin by various fortunes tossed

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Fable XVII. The Pin and the Needle.

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Custom the world's great idol we adore

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The Application to Fab. XVIII. Custom is second Nature.

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The greatest gift that nature does bestow

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The Applicatoin to Fab. XVII. Poverty breeds Contempt.

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A mountain once strange tale to tell

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Fable XX. The Mountain in Labour.

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Two loving frogs a pool possessed

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Fable XIX. The Frogs in want of Water.

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A stag caught young and tamely bred

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Fable XXI. The Tame Stag.

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A thousand tricks a juggler showed

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Fable XXII. The Jugglers.

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Avoid with care | All close engagements in love's fatal war

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The Application to Fab. XXI. Advice to the Ladies.

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Virtue's so suited to our happiness

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The Application to Fab. XXII. Vice is a perfect Cheat.

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A fox and hare once Jove addressed

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Fable XXIV. The Fox and the Hare.

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In a farm yard one summer's day

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Fable XXIII. The Apple and the Horse-turd.

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A poet once well pleased surveyed

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Fable XXVI. The Poet and the Rose.

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The husband thus his wife reproved

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Fable XXV. The Scold and the Parrot.

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Go lovely rose

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The Application to Fab. XXVI. The Unreasonable Request.

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Jove does with fear and awe his sceptre hold

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The Application to Fab. XXV. Juno; or the Immortal Vixen.

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A bumpkin unrefined and rude

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Fable XXVIII. The Clown and the Student.

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A leopard once his beauty prized

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Fable XXVII. The Leopard and the Fox.

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They who in study do their time employ

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The Application to Fab. XXVIII. Never less alone than when alone.

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Tis not a set of features or complexion

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The Application to Fab. XXVII. Intrinsick Beauty's best. The Character of Marcia, from Cato.

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A peacock of his feathers vain

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Fable XXIX. The Peacock and the Crane.

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Once on a time a clown addressed

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Fable XXX. The Clown and the Wood.

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Plot not deceit from shedding blood of rain

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What the kind hand of justice gives receive

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Abstain from others' goods let not thy mouth

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Bear not false witness let thy words be just

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First honour god and next thy parents too

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For favour wrest not judgment nor reject

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Let justice in thy measures still prevail

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By a designed or an uncertain oath

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Supply the beggars wants without delay

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Think ere thou speakst and keep a secret close

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To rob the hireling of his due abhor

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Let public love inspire each generous soul

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Make no encroachments on thy neighbours grounds

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Pity the shipwrecked dangers still attend

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Wear not thy sword for slaughter but defence

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In gold and silver what unseen deceit

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Strangers with townsmen hold in like esteem

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The love of money is that fertile root

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If wisdom strength or riches be thy lot

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Speak what thou knowst is right and scorn to use

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To calmly practise injuries predesigned

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Be all thy passions with the mean endowed

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Courage if tis not checked is always bad

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Let not past troubles through thy fancy run

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Restrain thine anger and to strike be slow

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Riches if more than can be fairly borne

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Be always temperate shameful deeds eschew

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In all thy talk be moderation had

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Repine not at thy neighbour's good nor rail

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The love of virtue wears a beauteous face

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To emulate what's good deserves applause

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Better to let a stranger find with haste

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Exact not from a poor man though thy right

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Let justice vindicate thy goods or life

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Trust not too rashly but thy faith suspend

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Inter the dead and never dare disclose

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Place no dependence on the vulgar herd

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Set not a fool in judgment wise men guide

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The multitude a torrent and a flame

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Tis a foul deed deserving highest blame

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Be not too sparing know thou art mortal made

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By adverse fortune be not quite subdued

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The breath of man is god's own image sent

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No sword has half that penetrating force

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One moment men some sudden ill endure

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We're oft deceived by things that surest seem

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Conceal no fraud for both are equal thieves

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Save not the wicked from their just desert

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Shun mad vain glorious boasts and be thy tongue

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Labour and let thy hands procure relief

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The arcana these of sacred justice are

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In things of moment on yourself depend

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II. The Master's Eye makes the Horse fat; or, Keep your Shop, and your Shop will keep you.

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What can be done with care perform today

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IV. Make Hay whilst the Sun shines; Or, Time and Tide stay for nor Man.

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He who from heaven expects to gain his end

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VI. No Pains, no Profit; Or, Industry is all in all.

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Impartial Jove has so his gifts addressed

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VIII. Shine in your own Sphere; Or, Prize those Talents that you have.

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Nor trivial loss nor trivial gain despise

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X. Many a little makes a Mickle; Or, Light Gains make a heavy Purse.

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The wise who are inclined to live at ease

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XII. Home is Home, tho' never so homely; or, Content is a continual Feast.

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Contented men no disappointment dread

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XVI. Avarice knows no Bounds; or, All cover, all lose.

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Men who their own misfortunes only weigh

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XIV. Repining only adds to Misery; or, Sorrows are lightened by Comparison.

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Soft soothing words don't always friendly prove

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XVIII. No Enemy so dangerous as a false Friend; Or, Beware of the Snake in the Grass.

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Parents whose love to children oft is blind

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XX. Spare the Rod and spoil the Chid; Or, Bend the Twig whilst it is tender.

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The rose is fragrant but it fades in time

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XXII. Beauty's a fair but fading Flower; Or, Eternal Charms are very precarious Blessings.

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Few men their friends to such excess adore

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XXIV. Self-Preservation is the first Principle in Nature; or, Charity begins at Home.

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