Fables of Æsop and other eminent mythologists with morals and reflexions / by Sir Roger L'Estrange, Kt.
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Fables of Æsop and other eminent mythologists with morals and reflexions / by Sir Roger L'Estrange, Kt.
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London :: Printed for R. Sare, T. Sawbridge, B. Took, M. Gillyflower, A. & J. Churchil, and J. Hindmarsh,
1692.
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Aesop.
Fables.
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"Fables of Æsop and other eminent mythologists with morals and reflexions / by Sir Roger L'Estrange, Kt." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A26505.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 4, 2024.
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REFLEXION.
THERE'S nothing Commoner in this World then the Case of the Mole here and the Weazle: That is to say, the Case of People that Value themselves mightily upon Merit; when in the mean time they do only their own Bus'ness. What Virtue is it for me to do another Man good by Chance; or where's the Obligation of doing it for my own Profit? 'Tis the Will of a Man that qualifies the Action. A Body may do me Good, and yet Deserve to be Punish'd for't. He may save my Life for the purpose, with an Intention to take it away. There is however some Regard to be had to the very Instrument that Providence makes use of for our Advantage. But this is out of a Respect to the Providence, not to the Man: And we are not yet come up to the Force of the
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Fable neither; for many People have the Confidence to Plead Merit, when Effectually they do us Mischief.
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