. Fables of Aesop and others. -^.?UiilUuiinimiiiiiriii !l A Fox being- in a shop where Vizor-masks weresold, laid his foot upon one of them, and consideringit awhile attentively, at last broke out into this excla-mation: bless me, says he, what a handsome goodlyfigure this makes; what a pity it is, that it shouldwant brains. ^SOFS FABLES. 151 THE APPLICATION. Tliis is levelled at that numerous part of mankind, who, outot* their ample fortunes, take care to accomplish themselves withevery thing but common sense. In short, the whole world is amasquerade; and a man of a tolerable talent for obser
. Fables of Aesop and others. -^.?UiilUuiinimiiiiiriii !l A Fox being- in a shop where Vizor-masks weresold, laid his foot upon one of them, and consideringit awhile attentively, at last broke out into this excla-mation: bless me, says he, what a handsome goodlyfigure this makes; what a pity it is, that it shouldwant brains. ^SOFS FABLES. 151 THE APPLICATION. Tliis is levelled at that numerous part of mankind, who, outot* their ample fortunes, take care to accomplish themselves withevery thing but common sense. In short, the whole world is amasquerade; and a man of a tolerable talent for observation, mayentertain himself as well in the mixt assemblies he meets with inlife, as at the most magnificent expensive revels provided andordered for that purpose. Many of the faces one meets withamong the gay frolic part of our species, if searched for brains,would appear as arrant vizors as that in the fable. FAB. LXXVIII. The Two l[y[l][lj||liMiiuiMii^liii;.iJiilliiUil^ One hot sultry summer, the lakes and ponds beingalmost every where dried up, a couple of Frogs agreedto travel together in search of water. At last theycame to a deep well, and sitting upon the brink of it,began to consult whiether they should leap in or of them was for it; urging, that there was plentyof clear spring water, and no danger of being disturb-ed. Well, says the other, ail this may be true; and yetI cannct come igto your opinion for my life; for if the 152 ^SOPS FABLES. water should happen to dry up here too, how shouldwe get out again? THE APPLICATION. The moral of this fable is intended to put us in mind to lookbefore we leap. That we should not undertake any action of im-portance, without considering first, what the event of it is liketo prove, and how we shall be able to come off, upon such andsuch provisos. A good general does not think he diminishesany thing of his character, when he looks forward beyond themain action
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