. Æsop's fables : with upwards of one hundred and fifty emblematical devices . a whole , like dwarfs, should be matched withthose of their own level; a man, in sense orstature, would be ashamed to encounter eitherof them. But notwithstanding all this, andthough the Boar in the fable is a very good ex-ample to men of generous brave spirits not togive themselves up to passion, nor to be dis-tempered with thoughts of revenge upon the in-solent behaviour of every Ass that offends them,because their hands would be dishonoured bythe tincture of a base mans blood; 3^et amonghuman creatur
. Æsop's fables : with upwards of one hundred and fifty emblematical devices . a whole , like dwarfs, should be matched withthose of their own level; a man, in sense orstature, would be ashamed to encounter eitherof them. But notwithstanding all this, andthough the Boar in the fable is a very good ex-ample to men of generous brave spirits not togive themselves up to passion, nor to be dis-tempered with thoughts of revenge upon the in-solent behaviour of every Ass that offends them,because their hands would be dishonoured bythe tincture of a base mans blood; 3^et amonghuman creatures the correction of an Ass thatwould be unseasonably witt), may be perform-ed with justness and propriety enough, providedit be done in good humour. The blood of acoward, literally speaking, would stain the cha-racter of a man of honour; when we chastisesuch wretches, it should be done, if possible, inthe utmost calmness of temper. It takes from the reputation of a great soul,when we see it is in the power of a fool to ruffleand unsettle it. FABLE cut. 213. THE TUNNY AND THE DOLPHIN. A. FISH called a Tunny being pursued by aDolphin, and driven with great violence, notminding which way he went, was thrown bythe force of the waves upon a rock, and leftthere. His death now was inevitable; but,casting his eyes on one side, and seeing theDolphin in the same condition lay gasping byhim,— Well, says he, I must die, it is true ;but I die with pleasure, when I behold him whois the cause of it involved in the same fate. APPLICATION. Revenge, though a blind mischievous passion,is yet a very sweet thing: so sweet, that it caneven soothe the pangs and reconcile us to thebitterness of death. And, indeed, it must be atemper highly philosophical, that could be drivenout of life by any tyrannical unjust procedure,and not be touched with a sense of pleasure tosee the author of it splitting upon the same 15 214 FABLE cm. rock. When this is allowed, and it is furtherconsidered
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