. Æsop's fables, embellished with one hundred and eleven emblematical devices . t fifty thousand more • andhis gardens were proportionably which, he thought himself under a neces-sity of buying out two or three tenements whichstood in his neighbourhood, that he might haveelbow-room enough. All this he could very wellbear; and still might have been happy, had itnot been for an unfortunate view which he oneday happened to take of my Lord Castlebuildersgardens, which consisted of twenty acres, whereashis own were not above twelve. From that timehe grew pensive; and, before the
. Æsop's fables, embellished with one hundred and eleven emblematical devices . t fifty thousand more • andhis gardens were proportionably which, he thought himself under a neces-sity of buying out two or three tenements whichstood in his neighbourhood, that he might haveelbow-room enough. All this he could very wellbear; and still might have been happy, had itnot been for an unfortunate view which he oneday happened to take of my Lord Castlebuildersgardens, which consisted of twenty acres, whereashis own were not above twelve. From that timehe grew pensive; and, before the ensuing winter,gave five and thirty years purchase for a dozenacres more to enlarge his gardens ; built a couple 64 FABLE XXVI. of exorbitant greenhouses, and a large pavilionat the further end of a terrace-walJi. The barerepairs and supei-intendencies of all which call forthe remaining part of his income. He is mort-gaged pretty deep, and pays nobody; but, beinga privileged person, resides altogether at a pri-vate cheap lodging in the City of Westminster. FABLE XXVII. 65. THE FOX AND THE LION. Ihe first time the Fox saw tbe Lion, he felldown at his feet, and was readj to die with second time, lie took courage, and could evenbear to look upon him. The third time, he hadthe impudence to come up to him, to salute him,and to enter into familiar conversation with him. APPLICATION. From this fable we may observe the two ex-tremes in wliich we may fail, as to a properbehaviour towards our superiors; the one is abashfulness, proceeding- either from a viciousguilty mind, or a timorous rusticity; the other,an over-bearing impudence, which assumes morethan becomes it, and so renders the person insuf- G6 FABLE XXVII. ferable to the conversation of well-bred reasonablepeople. But lliere is this difference between thebashfulness that arises from a want of education,and the shamefacedness that accompanies con-scious guilt; the first, by a continuance of timeand a nearer acquaint
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