7 97
" 8 99
" 9 101
" 10 103
" 11 105
" 12 107

Southwark Fair. 109
Garrick as Richard III. 111

FRANCE AND ENGLAND.

PLATE 1 France 113
" 2 England 115

HOGARTH'S WORKS.

THE RAKE'S PROGRESS.

Of all the follies in human life, there is none greater than that of
extravagance, or profuseness; it being constant labour, without the
least ease or relaxation. It bears, indeed, the colour of that which is
commendable, and would fain be thought to take its rise from laudable
motives, searching indefatigably after true felicity; now as there can
be no true felicity without content, it is this which every man is in
constant pursuit of; the learned, for instance, in his industrious quest
after knowledge; the merchant, in his dangerous voyages; the ambitious,
in his passionate pursuit of honour; the conqueror, in his earnest
desire of victory; the politician, in his deep-laid designs; the wanton,
in his pleasing charms of beauty; the covetous, in his unwearied
heaping-up of treasure; and the prodigal, in his general and extravagant
indulgence.--Thus far it may be well;--but, so mistaken are we in our
road, as to run on in the very opposite tract, which leads directly to
our ruin. Whatever else we indulge ourselves in, is attended with some
small degree of relish, and has some trifling satisfaction in the
enjoyment, but, in this, the farther we go, the more we are lost; and
when arrived at the mark proposed, we are as far from the object we
pursue, as when we first set out. Here then, are we inexcusable, in not
attending to the secret dictates of reason, and in stopping our ears at
the timely admonitions of friendship. Headstrong and ungovernable, we
pursue our course without intermission; thoughtless and unwary, we see
not the dangers that lie immediately before us; but hurry on, even
without sight of our object, till we bury