FABLES. 



A MAN BITTEN BY A DOG. 



A Alan, who had been sadly torn by a Dog, was 

 advised by some Old Woman, as a cure, to dip a 

 piece of bread in the wound, and givejt to the Cur 

 that bit him. He did so, and ^Esop happening to 

 pass by just at the time, asked him what he meant 

 by it: The man informed him. Why then, says 

 ^Esop, do it as privately as you can, I beseech you; 

 for if the rest of the Dogs of the town were to see 

 you, we should all be eaten up alive by them. 



APPLICATION. 



VICE should always be considered as the proper 

 object 'of punishment, and we should on no account 

 connive at offences of an atrocious nature, much 

 less confer rewards on the criminals; for nothing 



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