 | Thomas James - Fables, Greek - 1848 - 290 pages
...expected that I should keep strange hair upon my head, when my own would not stay there \ " FABLE CXLVI. THE FOX AND THE STORK. A Fox one day invited a Stork to dinner, and being disposed to divert himself at the expense of his guest, provided nothing for the... | |
 | Aesopus - 1852 - 210 pages
...you carry." Fools take to themselves the respect that is given to their office. FABLES. FABLE 157.— THE FOX AND THE STORK. A Fox one day invited a Stork to dinner, and being disposed to divert himself at the expense of his guest, provided nothing for the... | |
 | Phrenology - 1866 - 404 pages
..."I think that my work Is better than your play. I had rather my neck felt the yoke than the axe." w THE FOX AND THE STORK. A FOX one day invited a Stork to dinner, and being disposed to divert himself at the expense of his guest, provided nothing for the... | |
 | Aesopus - 1881 - 464 pages
...starved to death, and fell a prey to the designing old Cat and her kittens. THE Fox AND THE STORK. 33 THE FOX AND THE STORK. A Fox one day invited a Stork...dish, so that, while he himself could lap it up quite well, the Stork could only dip in the tips of his long bill. Some time after, the Stork, bearing his... | |
 | Ainsworth Rand Spofford - Wit and humor - 1894 - 460 pages
...plunged through into a cellar, where he tried to get a subscription out of a man who was shovelling coal. THE FOX AND THE STORK. A FOX one day invited a stork to dinner, but provided for the entertainment only the first course, soup. This being in a shallow dish,... | |
 | Readers (Primary) - 1898 - 158 pages
...life had been spared came, and with his little sharp teeth gnawed the ropes and set the Lion free. THE FOX AND THE STORK A Fox one day invited a Stork...dish, so that, while he himself could lap it up quite well, the Stork could only dip in the tip of his long bill. Some time after, the Stork, bearing his... | |
 | Readers (Elementary) - 1898 - 154 pages
...life had been spared came, and with his little sharp teeth gnawed the ropes and set the Lion free. THE FOX AND THE STORK A Fox one day invited a Stork...dish, so that, while he himself could lap it up quite well, the Stork could only dip in the tip of his long bill. Some time after, the Stork, bearing his... | |
 | Children's poetry - 1903 - 526 pages
...you are, and not at all fit for a gentleman's eating." " // is easy to despise what you cannot get" THE FOX AND THE STORK A FOX one day invited a Stork...dish, so that, while he himself could lap it up quite well, the Stork could only dip in the tips of his long bill. Some time after, the Stork, bearing his... | |
 | Bret Harte - American wit and humor - 1909 - 100 pages
...discretion and some botanical knowledge are of the greatest importance in grape culture. 36 Fable II The Fox and the Stork A fox one day invited a stork to dinner, but provided for the entertainment only the first course, soup. This being in a shallow dish,... | |
 | Readers - 1912 - 208 pages
...her. "Tush!" replied the Goat. "Let my tongue be ever so silent, my horn is sure to tell the tale." THE FOX AND THE STORK A Fox one day invited a Stork...dish, so that, while he himself could lap it up quite well, the Stork could only dip in the tip of his long bill. Some time after, the Stork, bearing his... | |
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THE FOX AND THE STORK. A Fox one day invited a Stork to dinner, and being disposed to divert himself at the expense of his guest, provided nothing for the entertainment but some thin soup in a shallow dish. This the Fox lapped up very readily, while the... 
