THE DANCE OF DEATH. 59 PLATE XXV.THE MISER. Thou fool, this night shall thy soul be required: of thee : then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided ? Luke, xi. 2. The character of the Miser is very forcibly expressed 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 up before his eyes. This loss excites in him all the symptoms of the most violent desperation, and it plainly appears that his gold is an hundred times dearer to his heart than his life. PLANGHE XXV.L'AVARE. Le caractere de TAvare est rendu dans ce dessein avec beaucoup d'energie. Renferme dans un caveau qui ne re^oit du jour que par une lu-carne garnie d'une double grille d'epais barrcaux de fer, il n'est occupe que de son cher tresor, dont la Mort lui enleve a ses yeux une portion tres-con-siderable. Cette perte excite en lui tous les symp-tomes du plus violent desespoir, & l'on voit bien que son or lui tient cent fois plus a coeur que la vie.