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THE DANCE OF DEATH.

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PLATE VII.—THE EMPRESS.

And all the inhabitants of the Earth are reputed as nothing: and hedoeth according to his will in the army of Heaven, and among theinhabitants of the Earth. Daniel, iv, 35.

In the midst of a pompous march, in thecourt of a great palace, Death, who seems here todo the office of gentleman-usher, leads this Princessto the brink of a grave, and shews her the boundswithin which all her grandeur is to be confined.

PLAN CHE VII.—L'IMPERATRICE.

Av milieu d'une marche pompeuse, dans lacour d'un vaste palais, la Mort qui paroit faire iciPoffice d'ecuyer, amene cette Princesse jusqu'aubord d'une fosse sepulcrale, pour lui faire voir leterme auquel ses grandeurs viendront aboutir.

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