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THE HORSE AND THE ASS. 



THE Horse, adorned with his great war saddle, 

 and champing" his foaming" bridle, came thundering 

 along the high-way, and made the mountains echo 

 with his neighing. He had not gone far before he 

 overtook an Ass, who was labouring under a heavy 

 burthen, and moving slowly on in the same track. 

 In an imperious tone he threatened to trample him 

 in the dirt, if he did not get out of the way. The 

 poor Ass, not daring to dispute, quietly got aside 

 as fast as he could, and let him go by. Not long 

 after this, the same Horse, in an engagement, 

 happened to be shot in the eye, which made him 

 unfit for show, or any military business, so he was 

 stripped of his ornaments, and sold to a carrier. 

 The Ass meeting him in this forlorn condition, 

 thought that now it was his time to retort: 



