FABLES. 



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THE GOAT AND THE LION. 



THE Lion, seeing a Goat upon a steep craggy 

 rock, where he could not come at him, asked him 

 what delight he could take to skip from one preci- 

 pice to another all day, and venture the breaking 

 of his neck every moment ? I wonder, says he, you 

 will not come down and feed on the plain here, 

 where there is such plenty of grass, and fine sweet 

 herbs. Why, replies the Goat, I cannot but say 

 your opinion is right; but you look so very hungry 

 and designing, that, to tell you the truth, I do not 

 care to venture my person where you are. 



APPLICATION. 



ADVICE, though good in itself, is to be suspected 

 when it is given by a tricking, self-interested man. 

 Perhaps we should take upon ourselves not only a 



