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" It is the nature of ingrates to return evil for good : and the moralists in all ages have incessantly declaimed against the enormity of this crime, concluding that they who are capable of hurting their benefactors, are not fit to live in a community ;... "
Select Fables; with Cuts, Designed and Engraved by Thomas and John Bewick ... - Page 127
by Thomas Bewick - 1820 - 332 pages
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Fables of Aesop and Others

Aesop - Fables - 1788 - 382 pages
...Ingrates to return Evil for Good : And theMoralifts in all Ages have inceflantly declaimed againft the Enormity of this Crime, concluding that they who are capable of hurting their Benefaftors, are not fit to live in a Community ; being fuch, as the n;itural Ties of Parent, Friend,...
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Fables of Aesop and Others:

Aesop - Fables - 1792 - 380 pages
...ingrates to return evil for good ; and the moralifls of all ages havi inceffantly d.-claimtd againft the enormity of this crime, concluding, that they...benefactors, are not fit to live in a community; being fuch, as the natural ties of parent, friend, or country, are too weak to reilrain within the bounds...
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Fables of Æsop and others: transl. With instructive applications, by S. Croxall

Aesopus - 1805 - 378 pages
...Ingrates to return Evil for Good t And the Moralifts in all Ages have inceffantly declaimed againft the Enormity of this Crime, concluding that they who are capable of hurting their Benefaftors, are not fit to live in a Community ; being fuch, as the natural Ties of Parent, Friend,...
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The fables of Æsop, and others, with designs on wood, by T. Bewick

Aesopus - 1818 - 428 pages
...of gratitude upon them, but are not able to restrain them from repaying benevolence with injuries. Moralists, in all ages, have incessantly declaimed...this crime, concluding that they who are capable of injuring their benefactors, are not fit to live in a community; being such as the natural ties of parent,...
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Fables of Aesop and Others

Aesop - Aesop's fables - 1831 - 370 pages
...you deserve, but a single death is too good for you. THE APPLICATION. It is the nature of ingrales to return evil for good; and the moralists in all...of this crime; concluding that they who are capable •<f hurting their benefactors, are not fit to live in a community; berng such as the natural ties...
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Fables: Original and Selected, by the Most Esteemed European and Oriental ...

George Moir Bussey - Fables - 1842 - 608 pages
...death is too good for you." 'Tis the nature of mgrates to return evil for good ; and the moralists of all ages have incessantly declaimed against the enormity...too weak to restrain within the bounds of society. Indeed, the sin of ingratitude is so detestable, that, as none but the most inhuman temper can be guilty...
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Fables of AEsop and Others

Aesop - Fables - 1850 - 366 pages
...you. THE APPLICATION. It is the nature of ingrates to return evil for good; and the moralists in oil ages have incessantly declaimed against the enormity...their benefactors, are not fit to live in a community; such as the natural ties of parent, friend, or country are too weak to restrain within the bounds of...
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The Juvenile Museum of Entertainment and Instruction

George Frederick Pardon - Children's literature - 1899 - 220 pages
...they contract friendship. ' Tis the nature of ingrates to return evil for good ; and the moralists of all ages have incessantly declaimed against the enormity...too weak to restrain within the bounds of society. THE COVETOUS MAN AND THE GOOSE. THE COVETOUS MAN AND THE GOOSE. A FABLE. THERE was once a poor countryman...
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The fables of Æsop; with instructive applications, illustr. by H. Weir

Aesopus - 1859 - 226 pages
...deserve ; but a single death is too good for you." THE APPLICATION. — 'Tis the nature of ingrates to return evil for good ; and the moralists in all...too weak to restrain within the bounds of society. Indeed, the sin of ingratitude is so detestable, that as none but the most inhuman temper can be guilty...
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Æsop's fables. [110 fables, tr. by S. Croxall].

Aesopus - 1861 - 254 pages
...aa you deserve ; but a single death is too good for you.' APPIJCATION. It is the nature of ingrates to return evil for good: and the moralists, in all...incessantly declaimed against the enormity of this crime, 'xmcluding, that they who are capable of hurting their benefactors, are not fit to live in a community...
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