. Æsop's fables : with upwards of one hundred and fifty emblematical devices . one should go down below the uppershelf. The Cat, observing tire Mice no longercame down as usual, hungry and disappointedof her prey, had recourse to this stratagem;she hung by her hinder legs on a peg whichstuck in the wall, and made as if she had beend€ad, hoping by this lure to entice the Mice tocome down. She had not been in this posturelong, before a cunning old Mouse peeped overthe edge of the shelf, and spoke thus:— Aha, FABLE XXI. 45 ray good friend, are you there ? there may yoube I I would not trust mysel
. Æsop's fables : with upwards of one hundred and fifty emblematical devices . one should go down below the uppershelf. The Cat, observing tire Mice no longercame down as usual, hungry and disappointedof her prey, had recourse to this stratagem;she hung by her hinder legs on a peg whichstuck in the wall, and made as if she had beend€ad, hoping by this lure to entice the Mice tocome down. She had not been in this posturelong, before a cunning old Mouse peeped overthe edge of the shelf, and spoke thus:— Aha, FABLE XXI. 45 ray good friend, are you there ? there may yoube I I would not trust myself with you, thoughyour skin were stufted with straw. APPLICATION. Prudent folks never trust those a second timGwho have deceived them once. And, indeed,we cannot well be too cautious in followingthis rule, fcy^-, upon examination, we shall find,that^sI^^£^t *of tlie misfortunes which befall us,proceed from our too great credulity. Theythat know how to suspect, without exposing orhurting themselves, till honesty comes to bemore in fasliion, can rvever suspect too ■0lll|^nin,.^mm\\* 46 FABLE XXII.
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