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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 XXI —THE DUTCHESS,

\J eath, in the shape of two hideous skeletons, comes to sur-prise her as she is lying softly on an elegant bed. One of theskeletons awakesher with the sound of a violin, while the otheris pulling off her bed-clothes, making frightful grimaces.

De lectulo, super quem ascendisti, non descendes, sed mortemorieris. 4 Reg. i. 4.

PLANCHE XXI— LA DUCHESSE.

öous la figute de deux sequelettes hideux, la Mort vient lasurprendre, molletnent couchee sur un lit elegant. L'un desequelettes la reveille au son d'un violon, tandis que l'autre luiarrache sa couverture en faisant d'effroyables grimaces.

 
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