Original artwork, not a still
I am come, young ladies, in a very moralizing strain, to observe that our pleasures of this world are always to be for, and that we often purchase them at a great disadvantage, giving readi-monied actual happiness for a draft on the future, that may not be honoured.
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
Present happiness is likened to ready money exchanged for an uncertain draft on the future. The comparison warns that hoped-for pleasure may fail to repay a real sacrifice. Readable damaged wording remains.
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