 | Aesop - Fables - 1788 - 382 pages
...tw flrike him, the honeft old Creature is i'aid to have barked out his Apology : Ah ! do not (hike your poor old Servant ; it is not my Heart and Inclination, but my Strength and Speed that fail ywu. If what I now am difpleafes, pray don't forget whai I have been. 37«? APPLICATIQ N. This Fable... | |
 | Aesopus - 1805 - 378 pages
...going to ftrike him, the honeft old Creature is faid to have barked out this Apology: Ah! do not ftrike your poor old Servant; it is not my Heart and Inclination,...Strength and Speed that fail me. If what I now am difpleafes, pray don't forget what I have been. The APPLICATION. This Fable may ferve to give us a... | |
 | Aesopus - 1818 - 428 pages
...the Deer escaped; upon which, his Master fell into a great passion, and began to whip him severely. The honest old creature is said to have barked out this apology: Ah ! do not thus strike your poor old servant: it is not my heart and inclination, but my strength and speed, that... | |
 | John Trotter Brockett - Fables - 1820 - 384 pages
...and satisfaction in many a chase, at last, by the effect of years, became feeble and unserviceable. However, being in the field one day, when the stag...am displeases, pray don't forget what I have been." Dd SELECT FABLES. REFLECTION. This fable may serve to give us a general view of the ingratitude of... | |
 | Aesopus - 1820 - 102 pages
...and threw him quite out. Upon which, his master, being in a great passion, and S^oing to strike him, the honest old creature is said to have barked out...strength and speed that fail me. If what I now am displease you, pray do not forget what I have been." f It is a sad thing to be treated unkindly by... | |
 | Aesop - Aesop's fables - 1831 - 370 pages
...escaped and threw him quite out* Upon which his master being in a great passion, and going to strike him, the honest old creature is said to have barked out...poor old servant; it is not my heart and inclination, hut my strength and speed that fail me. If what I now am, displeases, pray do not forget what I have... | |
 | Epictetus, Samuel Croxall, John Gay, William Cowper, Alexander Pope, Jean de La Fontaine, Ignacy Krasicki, James Merrick, Charles Denis, John Tapner - Animals - 1832 - 366 pages
...Upon which, 2C2 OLD HOUSD ASD HCXTSMAV. his master, being in a great passion, and going to strike him, the honest old creature is said to have barked out...and speed, that fail me. If what I now am displeases you, pray recollect what I have been. MORAL. Past services should never be forgotten. &larm. [From... | |
 | Epictetus, Samuel Croxall, John Gay, William Cowper, Alexander Pope, Jean de La Fontaine, Ignacy Krasicki, James Merrick, Charles Denis, John Tapner - Animals - 1832 - 388 pages
...Upon which, OLD HOUND AND HUNTSMAN. his master, being in a great passion, and going to strike him, the honest old creature is said to have barked out...and speed, that fail me. If what I now am displeases you, pray recollect what I have been. MORAL. Past services should never be forgotten. --v ' -" vA-W**... | |
 | George Moir Bussey - Fables - 1842 - 608 pages
...escaped, and threw him quite out. Upon which, his master being in a great passion and going to strike him, the honest old creature is said to have barked out...but my strength and speed that fail me. If what I am now displeases, pray do not forget what I have been." This Fable may serve to give us a general... | |
 | Fables - 1846 - 98 pages
...master being in a great passion and going to strike him, the honest old creature thus remonstrated : " Ah ! do not strike your poor old servant ; it is not...but my strength and speed that fail me. If what I am now, displeases you, pray, do not forget what I have been." 1C. THE FLY IN ST. PAUL'S CUPOLA. As... | |
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... the first that came in with him, and seized him by one of his haunches ; but his decayed and broken teeth not being able to keep their hold, the Deer escaped and threw him quite out. Upon which, his master, being in a great .passion, and going to... 
