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THE DANCE OF DEATH. 59

PLATE XXV.—THE MISER.

Thou fool, this night shall thy soul be required of thee: then whoseshall those things be, which thou hast provided ?

Luke, xi. 2.

The character of the Miser is very forciblyexpressed in this sketch. Shut up in a vault,which receives the light only through a wicket,secured with a double grate of thick iron bars.,he is entirely taken up with his beloved treasure,,a considerable part whereof Death is snatching upbefore his eyes. This loss excites in him all thesymptoms of the most violent desperation., and itplainly appears that his gold is an hundred timesdearer to his heart than his life.

PLANCHE XXV.—L'AVARE.

Le caractere de PAvare est rendu dans cedessein avec beaucoup d'energie. Renferme dansun caveau qui ne re^oit du jour que par une lu-carne garnie d'une double grille d'epais barreauxde fer, il n'est occupe que desoncher tresor, dontla Mort lui enleve a ses yeux une portion tres-con-siderable. Cette perte excite en lui tous les symp-tomes du plus violent desespoir, & Ton voit bienque son or lui tient cent fois plus a coeur que lavie.