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... o'er the Biter Bit . REFLECTION . By this Fable we are cautioned to consider what any person is , before we make an attack upon him after any manner whatsoever : particularly how we let our tongues slip in censuring the actions of those ...
... o'er the Biter Bit . REFLECTION . By this Fable we are cautioned to consider what any person is , before we make an attack upon him after any manner whatsoever : particularly how we let our tongues slip in censuring the actions of those ...
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... o'er sticks , With twenty such diverting tricks . " " ' Tis pretty , faith , " the Wolf reply'd , And on his neck the collar spy'd : He starts , and without more ado , He bids the abject wretch adieu : " Enjoy your dainties , friend ...
... o'er sticks , With twenty such diverting tricks . " " ' Tis pretty , faith , " the Wolf reply'd , And on his neck the collar spy'd : He starts , and without more ado , He bids the abject wretch adieu : " Enjoy your dainties , friend ...
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... , deluded youth ! gave o'er All hope to find the booty more . Enrag'd condemns his cruel fate , And wept his folly - but too late . Thus foolish mortals waste their days , In seeking pleasures 240 [ PART III . FABLES .
... , deluded youth ! gave o'er All hope to find the booty more . Enrag'd condemns his cruel fate , And wept his folly - but too late . Thus foolish mortals waste their days , In seeking pleasures 240 [ PART III . FABLES .
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... o'er by candle light : I mark'd it well - ' twas black as jet- You stare - but , sirs , I ' ve got it yet , And can produce it . " Pray , sir , do : I'll lay my life , the thing is blue . " " And I'll be sworn , that when you've seen ...
... o'er by candle light : I mark'd it well - ' twas black as jet- You stare - but , sirs , I ' ve got it yet , And can produce it . " Pray , sir , do : I'll lay my life , the thing is blue . " " And I'll be sworn , that when you've seen ...
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... pendent dew ; Life moves o'er all the quicken'd green , And beauty reigns , unrival'd queen . R Green as the leaf , on which he lay ,. The Caterpillar and Butterfly . WO Turtles once , of gentlest kind ,. PART III . ] 257 FABLES . ...
... pendent dew ; Life moves o'er all the quicken'd green , And beauty reigns , unrival'd queen . R Green as the leaf , on which he lay ,. The Caterpillar and Butterfly . WO Turtles once , of gentlest kind ,. PART III . ] 257 FABLES . ...
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Ęsop appear bad company bear beasts beauty bird bliss boast Bramble Butterfly Cock Columbo creature Croesus cry'd cuts danger death Eagle edition endeavour engraved envy Esop ev'ry eyes Fabulist fate fear fell flies folly fool fortune Frogs give happened happy heart Heav'n honest honour humble Idmon King Kite labour Lion live mankind manner master mind mischief MORALS Mouse nature neighbour never o'er Oliver Goldsmith pain peace Pepper-Box Periander Philostratus pleasure poor pow'r pray present pretend prey pride pro bono publico Quadrupeds reason REFLECTION replied rest Reynard Saint says scarce scorn Select Fables sense shew Sir Roger L'Estrange snare soon sure tell thee thing Thomas Bewick thou thought Tis green tree true truth Twas virtue wings wisdom wise Wolf wood wretch young
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Page xxxvi - Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our vines have tender grapes.
Page 251 - THE tree of deepest root is found Least willing still to quit the ground ; 'Twas therefore said by ancient sages, That love of life increased with years So much, that in our latter stages, When pains grow sharp, and sickness rages, The greatest love of life appears.
Page 224 - ALMIGHTY God, the fountain of all wisdom, who knowest our necessities before we ask, and our ignorance in asking ; We beseech thee to have compassion upon our infirmities; and those things, which for our unworthiness we dare not, and for our blindness we cannot ask, vouchsafe to give us, for the worthiness of thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord.
Page 249 - And what a length of tail behind! How slow its pace! And then its hue, — Who ever saw so fine a blue?
Page 253 - So soon, d'ye call it !' Death replies. ' Surely, my friend, you're but in jest ; Since I was here before 'Tis six-and-thirty years at least, And you are now fourscore.
Page 248 - OFT has it been my lot to mark A proud, conceited, talking spark, With eyes that hardly served at most To guard their master 'gainst a post ; Yet round the world the blade has been To see whatever could be seen.
Page xxvii - Let school-taught pride dissemble all it can, These little things are great to little man; And wiser he whose sympathetic mind Exults in all the good of all mankind.
Page 249 - I've seen it, sir, as well as you, And must again affirm it blue; At leisure I the beast surveyed Extended in the cooling shade.
Page xxxvi - ... pictoribus atque poetis quidlibet audendi semper fuit aequa potestas.» 10 scimus, et hanc veniam petimusque damusque vicissim; sed non ut placidis coeant immitia, non ut serpentes avibus geminentur, tigribus agni. Inceptis gravibus plerumque et magna professis...
Page 250 - I'll eat him." He said : then full before their sight Produced the beast, and lo! — 'twas white. Both stared, the man looked wondrous wise — "My children," the chameleon cries, (Then first the creature found a tongue), "You all are right, and all are wrong: When next you talk of what you view, Think others see as well as you: Nor wonder, if you find that none Prefers your eyesight to his own.