 CATS having stolen some cheese, could not agree about dividing the prize. In order, therefore, to settle the dispute, they consented to refer the matter to a Monkey. The proposed arbitrator very readily accepted the office, and, producing a balance, put...  Reflections of a Lawyer - Page 132by Morris Salem - 1911 - 144 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Robert Dodsley, Aesop - Fables - 1765 - 400 pages
...readily accepted the oflice, and producing a balance, put a part into each fcale. " Let me fee — (faid he) ay — this lump outweighs the other:" . and immediately bit off a confiderable piece in order to reduce it, he obferved, to an equilibrium. The oppofite fcale was now... | |
 | Friedrich Otto Froembling - 1866 - 438 pages
...matter to a monkey. The proposed arbitrator very readily accepted the office, and, producing a balance, put a part into each scale. — "Let me see," said..."ay! this lump outweighs the other;" and immediately he bit off a considerable piece in order to reduce it, he observed, to an equilibrium. The opposite... | |
 | Alfred G. Havet - 1867 - 280 pages
...see0," said he ; " ay ! this lump outweighs the other;" and immediately he bit off a considerable piece7 in order to reduce it, he observed, to an equilibrium. The opposite scale was now become the heaviest; which8 afforded our conscientious judge an additional reason for a second mouthful.... | |
 | Paul Guesdon - 1867 - 352 pages
...said he, ' ay ! this lump outweighs thé other;' and immediately he bit off a considérable pièce in order to reduce it, he observed, to an equilibrium. The opposite scale •was now become thé heaviest ; which afforded oui: conscientious judge an additional reason for a second mouthfnl.... | |
 | Louis Le Brun, Henri van Laun - 1869 - 290 pages
...to a monkey.2 The proposed arbitrator very readily accepted the office,3 and, producing a balance,4 put a part into each scale. " Let me see," said he, "ay ! this lump outweighs the other ;5 and immediately he bit off6 a considerable piece in order to reduce it, he observed, to an equilibrium.7... | |
 | Alfred G. Havet, Anton Leopold Becker - 1873 - 200 pages
...scale. "Let me see4," said he; "ayl this lump outweighs 5 the other ; " and immediately he bit off 6 a considerable piece in order to reduce it, he observed, to an equilibrium 7. The opposite soale was now become the heaviest 8 ; which 9 afforded our conscientious judge an additional... | |
 | Hugues Charles S. Cassal, Théodore Karcher - 1875 - 182 pages
...matter to a monkey. The proposed arbitrator very readily accepted the office, and producing: a balance, put a part into each scale. ' Let me see,' said he,...this lump outweighs the other ; ' and immediately he bit off a considerable piece in order to reduce it, he observed, to an equilibrium. The opposite... | |
 | Henri van Laun - 1876 - 120 pages
...to a monkey.1 The proposed arbitrator very readily accepted the office,2 and producing3 a balance, put a part into each scale. — "Let me see," said...this lump outweighs the other; "' and immediately he bit off5 a considerable piece in order to reduce it, he observed, to an equilibrium.6 The opposite... | |
 | James Scotson - 1876 - 86 pages
...matter to a monkey. The proposed arbitrator very readily accepted the office, and producing a balance, put a part into each scale. "Let me see," said he. " Ay, this lump outweighs the other ;" and he immediately bit off a considerable piece in order to reduce it, he observed, to an equilibrium.... | |
 | Aesopus - 1881 - 464 pages
...matter to a Monkey. The proposed arbitrator very readily accepted the office, and, producing a balance, put a part into each scale. " Let me see," said he,...observed, to an equilibrium. The opposite scale was now become the heaviest, which afforded our conscientious judge an additional reason for a second mouthful.... | |
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