. Fables of Aesop and others. standing the aggravation and ex-traordinary degree of its baseness. We cannot help reflectingupon it with horror; but, as truly detestable as this vice is, an^must be acknowledged to be by all mankind, so far are those whopractice it from being treated with a just resentment by the restof mankind, that, by the kind reception they afterwards meetwith, they rather seem to be encouraged and applauded, thandespised and discountenanced for it. If these deserters were to suffer the same fate with tle Bat,ind be doomed not to appear till after the close of the evening,Ne
. Fables of Aesop and others. standing the aggravation and ex-traordinary degree of its baseness. We cannot help reflectingupon it with horror; but, as truly detestable as this vice is, an^must be acknowledged to be by all mankind, so far are those whopractice it from being treated with a just resentment by the restof mankind, that, by the kind reception they afterwards meetwith, they rather seem to be encouraged and applauded, thandespised and discountenanced for it. If these deserters were to suffer the same fate with tle Bat,ind be doomed not to appear till after the close of the evening,Ne should sometimes be deprived of very considerable faces inIhe great diurnal assemblies of the nation. But, probably, thejtreet would rattle more than ever, anights; and the great num-ber of flambeaux which would attend the coaches and chairs o* V 230 ^SOFS FABLES. distinction, would illuminate the town to such a degree, as tomake the interdiction of day a very inconsiderable penalty. FAB. CXXVl. The Bear and the Bee-hives. I. A Bear, climbing- over the fence into a place whereBees were kept, began to plunder the Hives, and robthem of their honey. But the Bees, to revenge theiniurv, attacked him in a whole swarm together: andthough they were not able to pierce his rugged hide,yet with their little stings, they so annoyed his eyesand nostrils, that, unable to endure the smarting pain,with impatience he tore the skin over his ears withhis own claws, and suffered ample punishment for theinjury he did the Bees, in breaking open their waxencells. THE APPLICATION. Many and great are the injuries of wliich some men are guilty towards others, for the sake of gratifying some liquorish ap-petite. For there are those who would not stick to bring upon their country, and the hazard of their own necke iESOPS FABLES -231 into the bargain, rather than baulk a wicked incluiation, eitheijf cruelty, ambition, or avarice. But it were to be wislied allvs^ho are hurried by such blind imp
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