. Fables of Aesop and others. obvious subject. He certainly in-tended to put us in mind, that, as none but a poor silly clownwould go to take up a snake and cherish it, so we shall be verynegligent and ill-advised, if, in doing good offices, we do nottake care to bestow our benevolence upon proper objects. Itwas not at all unnatural in the snake to hiss, and brandish histongue and fly at the first that came near him; as soon at theperson that saved his life as any other, indeed more likelybecause nobody else had so much to do with him. Nor is itstrange at any time to see a reprobate fool throw
. Fables of Aesop and others. obvious subject. He certainly in-tended to put us in mind, that, as none but a poor silly clownwould go to take up a snake and cherish it, so we shall be verynegligent and ill-advised, if, in doing good offices, we do nottake care to bestow our benevolence upon proper objects. Itwas not at all unnatural in the snake to hiss, and brandish histongue and fly at the first that came near him; as soon at theperson that saved his life as any other, indeed more likelybecause nobody else had so much to do with him. Nor is itstrange at any time to see a reprobate fool throwing his poison-ous language about and committing extravagances, againstthose, more especially, who are so inadvertent as to concernthemselves with him. The snake and the reprobate will notappear extraordinary in their malevole?ice; but the sensiblepart of mankind cannot help thinking those guUty of great in-discretion who receive either of them into their protfcLion. F 2. 66 iESOPS FABLES. FAE. XXVI. The Mountains in The Mountains were said to be in labour, and ut-tered most dreadful groans. The people came to-gether, far and near, to see what birth would be pro-duced: and after they had waited a considerable timein expectation, out crept a, mouse. THE APPLICATION. Great cry and little wool, is the English proverb; the sceneof vvliich bears an exact proportion to this Fable. By whichare exposed, all those who promise something- exceeding great,but come off with a production ridiculously httle. Projectorsof all kinds who endeavour by artificial rumours to raise theexpectations of mankind, and then by their mean performancesdefeat and disappoint them, have, time out of mind, been lashedwith the recital of this fable. How agreeably surprising- it is tcsee an unpromising favourite, whom the caprice of fortune hasplaced at the helm of state, serving the Commonwealth withjustice and integrity, instead of smothering- and embezziling thepublic treasure to his own private and w
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