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THE GARDENER AND HIS DOG. 



A Gardener's Dog happened by some mischance 

 to fall into the well: his Master ran immediately 

 to his assistance; but when helping him out, the 

 surly brute bit his hand. The Gardener took this 

 ungrateful treatment so ill, that he shook him off, 

 and left him to shift for himself. Thou wicked 

 wretch ! said he, to injure the hand that was 

 stretched forth to save thy life! The hand of thy 

 Master, who has hitherto fed and taken care of 

 thee! Die there as thou deservest; for so base and 

 unnatural a creature is not fit to live. 



- APPLICATION. 



WHEN a man has suffered his mind to become so 

 debased as to be capable of doing injuries to him 

 who has showered benefits on his head, he can 



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