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Time-saving for the youth
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Leaf with nine depictions of domestic scenes. Under each image a six-line verse. Numbered top left: No. 139.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineTijdkorting voor de jeugd. 1825 - 1829. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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You, dear children, can learn from the example of Tom Thumb, / That courage and foresight can overcome danger
Behold freely with attentive eyes, what you see printed before you, O youth! / And, if you notice everyone's work capacity, / Then you will find its benefit with joy
Every child who goes sweetly to school. / Who learns what is good and does no harm
See There, O Youth! You Are Again Entertained by the Money That You Pay for It, on Paintings of Our Life; Will Good Understanding Give Interest?
Thus you may rejoice again, / Thus one teaches you to avoid less, / O dear youth! with print by print, / So that you may turn to the greater