. Æsop's fables, embellished with one hundred and eleven emblematical devices . he affection of her husband; apiece never sufficiently to be recommended to the perusalof such of the fair sex_, as are ambitious of acquittingthemselves handsomelv m point of conjugal I must not omit the excellent Preface, by which theFable is introduced, Reading is to the mind t, says he, what exercise is to the body: as by the one, health ispreserved, strengthened, and invigorated; by the othervirtue (which is the health of the mind) is kept alive,cherished, and confirmed. But, as exercise become
. Æsop's fables, embellished with one hundred and eleven emblematical devices . he affection of her husband; apiece never sufficiently to be recommended to the perusalof such of the fair sex_, as are ambitious of acquittingthemselves handsomelv m point of conjugal I must not omit the excellent Preface, by which theFable is introduced, Reading is to the mind t, says he, what exercise is to the body: as by the one, health ispreserved, strengthened, and invigorated; by the othervirtue (which is the health of the mind) is kept alive,cherished, and confirmed. But, as exercise becomestedious and painful when we make use of it only as themeans of health, so reading is too apt to grow uneasyand burdensome, when we apply ourselves to it only forour improvement in virtue. For this reason, tlie virtuewhich we gather from a Fable or an allegory, is like thehealth we get by hunting, as we are engaged in an agree-able pursuit that draws us on with pleasure^ and makesHs insensible of the fatigues that accompany it. * Fab. liv. t T^tler. No, 147. 1. ESOPS THE COCK AND THE JEWEL. A BRISK young Cock, in company with two orthree pullets, his mistresses, raking upon a dung-hill for something to entertain them with, happenedto scratch up a Jewel, He knew what it was wellenough, for it sparkled with an exceeding brightlustre; but, not knowing what to do with it,endeavoured to cover his ignorance under a gaycontempt; so, shrugging up his wings, shakinghis head, and putting on a grimace, he expressedhimself to this purpose :—* Indeed, you are a very B 2 FABLE I. fine thing; but I know not any business you Lavehere. I make no scruple of declaring that raytaste lies quite another way; and I had ratherhave one grain of dear delicious barley, than allthe Jewels under the sun. APPLICATION. There are several people in the world that pass,with some, for well accomplished gentlemen, andvery pretty fellows, though they are as greatstrangers to the true uses of virtue and
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