 And why then are you not afraid of trusting yourself to your bed ? Because I am there perfectly secure. It may be so, replied the Pilot ; but if the hand of Providence is equally extended over all places, there is no more reason for me to be afraid of...  Select fables, from Æsop and others - Page 55by Aesopus - 1820Full view - About this book
 | Complete fabulist - 1732 - 402 pages
...are not you afraid of trufting yourfelf to your bed ? Decaufe 1 am there perfectly iecure. It may be, replied the Pilot ; but if the hand of Providence...equally extended over all places, there is no more reafon for me to be afraid of going to iea, than for you to be afraid of going to bed. txxxi. The LXXXI.... | |
 | Robert Dodsley, Aesop - Fables - 1765 - 400 pages
...you not afraid of trufting yourfelf to your bed ? Becaufe I am there perfectly fecure. It may be fo, replied the Pilot ; but if the hand of providence...equally extended over all places, there is no more reafon for me to be afraid of going to fea, than for you to be afraid of going to bed. FABLE FABLE... | |
 | Aesop, Robert Dodsley - Conduct of life - 1805 - 260 pages
...you not afraid of trufting yourfelf to your bed ? Becaufe I am there perfectly fecure. It may be fo, replied the Pilot: b'ut if the hand of Providence...equally extended over all places, there is no more reafon for me to be afraid of going to fea, than for you to be afraid of going to> bed. FABLE XXV.... | |
 | Aesop, Robert Dodsley - Conduct of life - 1809 - 316 pages
...you not afraid of trufting yourfelf to your bed ? Becaufe I am there .perfectly fecure. It may be fo, replied the Pilot ; but if the hand of Providence...equally extended over all places, there is no more reafon for me to be afraid of going to fea, than for you to be afraid of going to bed. • G 5 MODERN... | |
 | John Trotter Brockett - Fables - 1820 - 384 pages
...grandfather did before him." " And are you not afraid of trusting yourself to an element that has thus proved fatal to your family ?" " Afraid ! by no means ; why...Pilot ; " but if the hand of Providence is equally 142 SELECT FABLES. extended over all places, there is no more reason for me to be afraid of going to... | |
 | Thomas Bewick - Fables - 1820 - 388 pages
...not afraid of trusting yourself to an element that has thus proved fatal to your family ?" " Afraid f by no means ; why we must all die : is not your father...Pilot ; " but if the hand of Providence is equally 142 extended over all places, there is no more reason for me to be afraid of going to sea, than for... | |
 | George Moir Bussey - Fables - 1842 - 608 pages
...sea before, observing the pilot to have appeared wholly unconcerned, even in their greatest danger, had the curiosity to ask him what death his father...to sea, than for you to be afraid of going to bed." THE WASP AND THE BEE. A WASP met a bee, and said to him : " Pray can you tell me what is the reason... | |
 | 1784 - 378 pages
...grandfather did before him. And are you not afraid of trusting yourself to an element that has thus proved fatal to your family ? Afraid ! — by no means. Why...to sea than for you to be afraid of going to bed. FABLE XIV. $t partial The injuries we do, and those u>e suffer, are seldom weighed in the same scales.... | |
 | Aesopus - Fables - 1878 - 378 pages
...grandfather did before him. And are you not afraid of trusting yourself to an element that has thus proved fatal to your family ? Afraid ! — by no means. Why,...to sea than for you to be afraid of going to bed. FABLE XIV. Partial The injuries we do, and those we suffer, are seldom weighed in the same scales.... | |
 | Aesopus - 1881 - 464 pages
...sea before, observing the Pilot to have appeared wholly unconcerned, even in their greatest danger, had the curiosity to ask him what death his father...to sea than for you to be afraid of going to bed." THE WOLF AND THE SHEPHERDS. A WOLF peeping into a hut where a company of Shepherds were regaling themselves... | |
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