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The dances of death, through the various stages of human life : wherein the capriciousness of that tyrant is exhibited in forty-six copper plates; done from the original designs ... ; to which are prefixed, descriptions of each plate in French and English, with the scripture text from which the designs were taken
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PLATE XIII.—THE PREACHER.

i\.s he is preaching to his congregation, Death, who is behindbim with a stole about bis neck, bolds over bis bead the bone ofa dead body, and by shewing it to the assembly, preaches tothem, undoubtedly, the most eloquent of all serinons.

Vae qui dicitis malum bonum, et bonum malum: ponentestenebras lucem, etlucem tenebras: ponentes amarum in dulce,& dulce in amarum. Esaiae v. 20.

PLANCHE XIII.— LE PREDICATEUR.

Jl andis qu'il preche son auditoire, la Mort qui est derrierelui, une etole au cou, cleve par-dessus sa tete un os de mort, &en la montrant a Vassemblee luifait sansdoute le plus eloquentde tous les sermons.

 
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