REFLEXION.

What are All the Extravagant Attempts and Enterprizes of Vain Men in the

World, but Morals, more or less of this Fable? What are Mighty Pretences

without Consideration, or Effect; but the Vapours of a Distemper,

that like Sickly Dreams, have neither Issue nor Connexion; And the

Disappointment is not all neither; for Men make themselves Ridiculous,

instead of Terrible, when this _Tympany_ shall come to End in a _Blast_:

and a _Mountain_ to bring forth a _Mouse_.

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