Cæci sunt, & duces cæcorum. Cæcus autem si cæco ducatum præstet, ambo in foveam cadunt. Matth. xv. 14.
PLANCHE XLIII.—L’AVEUGLE.
Ce pauvre Aveugle suit d’un air chagrin son nouveau conducteur qui le mène impitoyablement par les plus mauvais chemins; en vain veut-il éviter, en tâtonnant, les obstacles qui s’opposent à sa marche forcée; il n’évitera pas le terme fatal où la Mort le conduit, et qui ne sera dans le fond que celui de ses maux.
PLATE XLIV.—THE BEGGAR.
In the most deplorable situation, lame, and exposed almost naked to the injuries of the weather, he is set down before a rich man’s house, into which he has the mortification to see several enter, who look at him without ever thinking of relieving his distress. Death, not less cruel than capricious, whose aid alone he implores, and in whose power it is to make him happy, deaf to his prayers, allows him to groan under the load of evils which overwhelm him, whilst he delights to tear from this life those who think themselves happy, or are attached to it by the strongest ties.
Corruit in curru suo. Chron. xxii.