Proverbs in verse, or, Moral instruction conveyed in pictures for use of schools, on the plan of Hogarth moralized . g cat off the liead of a defenceless pig/ Exulting, as were he in battle ;His weapon he brandishes, struts and looks Big, As children, when armd with a rattle. I5y these emblems were tanght, as well as in schools, Tnie %visdoms in regular train;That boasters and praters are equally fools, Betraying deficience of brain. Some Proverbs therse are near alike in , close mouth oft makes a wise head; Another as good, of a similar sort, A fools bolt is soon shot, as tis said.
Proverbs in verse, or, Moral instruction conveyed in pictures for use of schools, on the plan of Hogarth moralized . g cat off the liead of a defenceless pig/ Exulting, as were he in battle ;His weapon he brandishes, struts and looks Big, As children, when armd with a rattle. I5y these emblems were tanght, as well as in schools, Tnie %visdoms in regular train;That boasters and praters are equally fools, Betraying deficience of brain. Some Proverbs therse are near alike in , close mouth oft makes a wise head; Another as good, of a similar sort, A fools bolt is soon shot, as tis said. These sayings corabind, certain dictates disclose,Which young men do seldom discern ; Which sages of long-taught experience imposeAs truths of high import to learn. That talkative men often shew want of sense, Exposing things better unseen ;Free-speakers, at times, give most serious oflence, And wish they more cautious had been. The best maxim is then, to think ere we speak, And deliberately open our mind ;To wantonly talk of ourselves, is most weak; Of others, unmanly, unkind. &8 Great Cry and little S. /^. a<«iSj£r. —«^ This proverb alludes to a i^ Limsical tale; Some Devils abroad, and imperfectly wool was obtaind from beasts of short tail; Wanting wool, meeting swine, they set about shearing. Disappointed, they roard, the hogs set up screams ; No wool was procured, but abundance of story, invented by some child it seems; For Devils are cunning, and not so unwise. But the chattering pie, the blustering wind,The whistling storm, the roaring of Devils; [The squeaking of pigs, and the whole here combined,Are descriptive enough of great, noisy But that we should learn, from this ancient sayingIs, guard against boasting, wherever you meet il; Who speaks much of himself, when talking or praying,Betrays but hypocrisy—so must vve treat if. The more a man prates, the less by him is done. He who promises much, oft executes mod
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