After which, taking a very thick copse, he had the ill-fortune to be entangled by his horns in a thicket, where he was held fast till the hounds came in and pulled him down. Finding now how it was like to go with him, in the pangs of death he is said... Select Fables: With Cuts - Page 126by John Trotter Brockett - 1820 - 332 pagesFull view - About this book
| Aesopus - 1818 - 428 pages
...be entangled by his horns in the branches, where he was held fast till the hounds came up and seized him. In the pangs of death, he is said to have uttered...disliked, was the only thing that could have saved me. APPLICATION. WE often make a false estimate, in preferring our ornamental talents to our useful ones,... | |
| Thomas Bewick - Fables - 1820 - 388 pages
...words : " Unhappy creature that I am ! I am too late convinced, that, what I prided myself in, lias been the cause of my undoing ; and what I so much...despise those things on which our safety may depend. 127 THE COUNTRYMAN AND THE SNAKE. A VILLAGER, in a frosty, snowy winter, found a Suake under a hedge,... | |
| Aesop - Aesop's fables - 1831 - 370 pages
...Unhappy creature that I am. I am too late convinced, that what I prided myself in, has been the cuuse of my undoing; and what I so much disliked, was the only thing that could hav e laved me. THE APPLICATION. Perhaps we cannot apply this better, than by supposing the Kable to... | |
| George Moir Bussey - Fables - 1842 - 608 pages
...thicket, where he was held fast till the hounds came in and pulled him down. Finding now how it was likely to go with him, in the pangs of death, he is said...disliked, was the only thing that could have saved me." THE EAGLE AND THE FOX. AN eagle that had young ones, looking out for something to feed them with, happened... | |
| Aesop - Fables - 1850 - 366 pages
...with him, in the pangs of death he is said to have uttered these words: Unhappy creature that I agi. I am too late convinced, that what I prided myself...disliked, was the only thing that could have saved me. THE APPLICATION. Perhaps we cannot apply this better, than by supposing the Fable to be a parable,... | |
| Aesopus - 1850 - 300 pages
...: — " Unhappy creature that I am ! I am too late convinced, that what I prided myself in has heen the cause of my undoing ; and what I so much disliked, was the only thing that could have saved me." THE APPLICATION. — Perhaps we cannot apply this hetter than hy suppostngthe Fahle to he a parahle,... | |
| George Winfred Hervey - History - 1852 - 338 pages
...her shame, and is now repeating the lament of the fabulous stag who was proud of his antlers : " Ah, unhappy creature that I am ! I am too late convinced...disliked was the only thing that could have saved me."" Some scrupulously eschew the prevailing modes, however superior they may be to former ones, in point... | |
| Mary (aunt, pseud.) - 1853 - 176 pages
...pangs of death, he uttered these words : — ' Unhappy creature that I am ! I am convinced, too late, that what I prided myself in has been the cause of...disliked, was the only thing that could have saved me. I am ruined by my own folly.' " THE HARE. THIS timid and gentle creature is a great favourite with... | |
| Aesopus - 1859 - 226 pages
...and men at a vast distance behind him. After which, taking a very thick copse, he had the ill luck to be entangled by his horns in a thicket, where he...disliked, was the only thing that could have saved me." THE APPLICATION. — Perhaps we cannot apply this better than by supposing the Fable to be a parable... | |
| Aesopus - 1861 - 254 pages
...with him, in the pangs of death he is said to hare uttered these words : — ' Unhappy creature that ! am ! I am too late convinced that what I prided myself...disliked was the only thing that could have saved me.' APPLICATION. Perhaps we cannot apply this better than by supposing the fable to be a parable ; which... | |
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