. Æsop's fables : with upwards of one hundred and fifty emblematical devices . ow us the unrea-sonableness and inconvenience of being solicit-ous about what may happen hereafter, andwanting to pry into the womb of futurity:which if we could do, all we should get for ourpains would be, to spoil our pleasures by anti-cipation, and double our misfortunes by a pre-vious sense and apprehension of them. Thereare some things that entertain and delight usvery agreeably while we view them at a pro-per distance ; which, perhaps, would not standthe test of a too near inspection. Beauty, be-ing only the e
. Æsop's fables : with upwards of one hundred and fifty emblematical devices . ow us the unrea-sonableness and inconvenience of being solicit-ous about what may happen hereafter, andwanting to pry into the womb of futurity:which if we could do, all we should get for ourpains would be, to spoil our pleasures by anti-cipation, and double our misfortunes by a pre-vious sense and apprehension of them. Thereare some things that entertain and delight usvery agreeably while we view them at a pro-per distance ; which, perhaps, would not standthe test of a too near inspection. Beauty, be-ing only the external form of a thing whichstrikes the eye in a pleasing manner, is a verythin glossy being, and, like some nice paintingsof a peculiar composition, will not well beareven to be breathed on: to preserve our goodopinion of it, we must not approach too close;for if, like the man in the fable, we have a mindto search for a treasure within, we may not onlyfail of our expectations there, but even lose theconstant relsh we enjoyed from a remoter con-templation. 200 FABLE THE DOG AND THE AVOLF. A LEAN, hungry, half-starved Wolf, happen-ed, one raoonshiny night, to meet with a jolly,plump, well fed mastiff; and, after the firstcompliments were passed, says the Wolf,— You look extremely well, I protest; I think, Inever saw a more graceful comely person. Buthow comes it about, I beseech you, that youshould live so nmch better than I ? I may say,without vanity, that I venture fifty times morethan you do; and yet I am almost ready toperish with hunger.—The Dog answered verybluntly— Why you may live as well, if youwill do the same for it that I do.—Indeed!What is that.^ says he.— Why, says the Dog,* only to guard the house a nights, and keep itfrom thieves.— With all my heart, replies theWolf, for at present I have but a sorry timeof it; and, I think, to change my hard lodgingin the woods, where I endure rain, frost, andsnow, for a warm roof over my head, and a FABLE
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