. Æsop's fables : with upwards of one hundred and fifty emblematical devices . is one is a Lion. APPLICATION-. Our productions, of whatsoever kind, are notto be esteemed so much by the quantity as thequality of them. It is not being employedmuch, but well, and to the purpose, whichmakes us useful to the age we live in, and cele-brated by those which are to come. As it is amisfortune to the countries which are infestedwith them, for Foxes and other vermin to multi-ply ; so one cannot help throwing out a melan-choly reflection, when one sees some particularsof the humankind increase so fast as t
. Æsop's fables : with upwards of one hundred and fifty emblematical devices . is one is a Lion. APPLICATION-. Our productions, of whatsoever kind, are notto be esteemed so much by the quantity as thequality of them. It is not being employedmuch, but well, and to the purpose, whichmakes us useful to the age we live in, and cele-brated by those which are to come. As it is amisfortune to the countries which are infestedwith them, for Foxes and other vermin to multi-ply ; so one cannot help throwing out a melan-choly reflection, when one sees some particularsof the humankind increase so fast as they the most obvious meaning of this fable is,the hint it gives us in relation to authors. Thesegentlemen should never attempt to raise them-selves a reputation, by enumerating a catalogueof their productions; since there is more glory-in having written one tolerable piece, than athousand indifferent ones. And whoever hashad the good fortune to please in one perform-ance of this kind, should be very cautious howhe ventures his reputation in a second. 63 FABLE THE OAK AND THE REED. An Oak, which hung over the bank of a river,was blown down by a violent storm of wind;and as it was carried along by the stream, someof its boughs brushed against a Reed whichgrew near the shore. This struck the Oak witha thought of admiration ; and he could not for-bear asking the Reed, how he came to stand sosecure and unhurt, in a tempest which had beenfurious enough to tear an Oak up by the roots? Why, says the Reed, I secure myself by put-ting on a behaviour quite contrary to what youdo; instead of being stubborn and stiff, andconfiding in my strength, I yield and bend tothe blast, and let it go over me ; knowing howvain* and fruitless it would be to resist. APPLICATION. Though a tame submission to injuries, which itis in our power to redress, be generally esteem- FAliLK XXXIII. 69 ed a base and a dishonourable thing: }et, toresist where there is no probability, or evenhopes, of
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