 | Aesop - Fables - 1788 - 382 pages
...Cloud, bid him not lie there, like an idle Rafcal as he was, but get up and whip his Horfes floutly, and clap his Shoulder to the Wheel ; adding, That this. was the only Way for him to obtain his Affiftance. The APPLICATION. This Fable fhews us how vain and ill.grounded the Expeftation of thole... | |
 | Aesop - Fables - 1792 - 380 pages
...thcpr, like an idle rafcal as he was, but get up and whip his horfes ftoutly, and clap his (houlder to the wheel ; adding, that this was the only way for him to obtain his alMance. THE APPLICATION. Tmsfabl' ftievvs us how vain and ill- grounded the expedl-.tion of thole... | |
 | M. Kempson - 1862 - 932 pages
...a " cloud, bid him not lie there, like an idle rascal as he was, but get up, encourage " his oxen, and clap his shoulder to the wheel, adding that this was the only way " for him to obtain hie assistance. The man did so, and thus, by hie own exer" tions, soon overcame the difficulty."—... | |
 | Aesopus - 1805 - 378 pages
...Cloud, bid him not lie there, like an idle Rafeal as he was, but get up and whip his Horfes ftoutly, and clap his Shoulder to the Wheel; adding, That this was the only Way for him to obtain his Affiftance. The APPLICATION. This Fable /hews us how vain and ill-grounded the Expectations of thofe... | |
 | Aesopus - 1818 - 428 pages
...like an idle dastardly looby as he was, but get up and whip his horses, and clap his shoulder stoutly to the wheel, adding that this was the only way for him to obtain assistance. APPLICATION. to obtain them, deserves to be disappointed. Many men who have a fair share... | |
 | Thomas Bewick - Fables - 1820 - 388 pages
...of clients gives the lawyer an opportunity of seizing the property in dispute. 159 HERCULES AND THE CARTER. As a clownish Fellow was driving his cart...was the only way for him to obtain his assistance. REFLECTION. This fable shews us how vain and ill-grounded the expectations of those people are, who... | |
 | Aesopus - 1820 - 102 pages
...looking over the hedge, bade him not lie there, like an idle fellow, but get up and whip his horses, and clap his shoulder to the wheel ; adding, that...was the only way for him to obtain his assistance. No one helps a person willingly who does not help himself; when we ask for assistance, we ought to... | |
 | 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
...time ; " Twas pity; but it can't be help'd; he's dead." FABLE CIX. ani tfje ©artei. [From CROXALL.] AS a clownish fellow was driving his cart along a...was the only way for him to obtain his assistance. 258 THE GOOSE WITH THE GOLDEN EGGS. MORAL. He, whose greedy, grasping mind, Sudden riches hopes to... | |
 | 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
...; anlj tfie (Barter. [From CROXALI..] As a clownish fellow was driving his cart along a deep iniry lane, the wheels stuck so fast in the clay, that the...was the only way for him to obtain his assistance. Heaven helps those who help themselves. : ;.x ffioose foitfi tjje ffiotoen Bggs. [From CROXALL.J •... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - Conduct of life - 1839 - 204 pages
...Upon this he fell a-bawling and praying to Hercules (the god of strength among the ancient Greeks) to come and help him. Hercules, looking down from...was the only way for him to obtain his assistance. THE LARK AND THE FIELD OF CORN : A FABLE. In a ripe field of corn, a lark had a brood of young ones... | |
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Hercules and the Carter. As a clownish fellow was driving his cart along a deep miry lane, the wheels stuck so fast in the clay, that the horses could not draw them out. Upon this he fell a bawling and praying to Hercules to come and help him. Hercules... 
